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Stony Brook University highlighted its leadership in Long Island’s push to become a regional tech hub and emphasized New York State investments in quantum and regional manufacturing infrastructure.

• Main announcement/action:Stony Brook University framed Long Island as “Silicon Island,” citing New York State’s $300 million quantum investment centered at Stony Brook and referencing a $30 million state investment from the Long Island regional economic development competition to support a manufacturing hub for physical technology (defense, aerospace, energy, advanced manufacturing). The announcement was made at the inaugural Long Island Tech & Innovation Summit on **Ju

atNorth has delivered a dedicated high-density HPC environment for Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) at the ICE03 campus in Akureyri, Iceland.

• Main announcement: atNorth completed delivery of a dedicated HPC environment for QRT at the ICE03 (Akureyri) mega-site, enabling high-density compute deployments; the project was completed in 7-month delivery and emphasizes renewable-powered capacity, efficient cooling, and scalable infrastructure.
• Background/details: The facility leverages renewable energy, a cool climate, and atNorth’s operational expertise to provide high-density HPC and resilience; the case study and a downloadable PDF are referenced for ful

6G AI Sweden has partnered with atNorth and selected the SWE01 data center in Stockholm to build a sovereign, high-performance national AI cloud platform and has deployed an initial production cluster.

• Deployment details: 6G AI Sweden deployed its first production cluster in two months, with an initial IT load of 500kW, 240 GPUs currently operational, and 2,500 GPUs allocated for future expansion at the SWE01 facility.
• Facility and partnership specifics: The SWE01 site in Stockholm offers renewable energy, low-latency connectivity, and heat reuse capabilities; the partnership leverages atNorth’s infrastructure as the foundation to scale a sovereign AI

The European Union presents its official position for the 11th EU-Egypt Association Council (Luxembourg, 15 June 2026).

• Main announcement: The EU reiterates commitment to deepen the EU‑Egypt Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership (SCP), backed by a EUR 7.4 billion financial package for 2024‑2027, with concrete measures already underway such as the disbursement of EUR 2 billion under a EUR 5 billion Macro‑Financial Assistance (MFA) programme, the launch of the EU‑Egypt Investment Mechanism (June 2025) and the EU‑Egypt Investment Conference (June 2024) to mobilise investments via EFSD+ guarantees.
• Background and additional details: The Position covers cooperat

The European Parliament and the Council have adopted a Regulation (17 June 2026) establishing a harmonised Union framework for the screening of foreign investments and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452.

• Main action: The Regulation requires all Member States to establish a screening mechanism and a cooperation mechanism; it creates a common minimum scope (including dual‑use and military goods, semiconductors, quantum technologies, certain AI technologies, strategic raw materials, voter registration and voting systems, and critical financial market infrastructure) and mandates prior authorisation for defined sensitive targets. Key timelin