Press Releases

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Oct. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global events are sparking strong interest in citizenship by investment (CIB) schemes, according to the director of one of the most recently introduced programs. CEO of the Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program Edward Clark said European and Middle Eastern conflicts and political turmoil in the US were some of the factors behind the spike. “Many people are currently feeling insecure about their place in the world, and are looking for alternative citizenship options,” Mr Clark said. He said a US citizen recently applied to the Nauru program, while a European family recently granted Nauruan citizenship was looking for a second passport due to tensions in Europe, and was drawn to the Nauru program by a desire to support climate resilience initiatives. Nauru’s Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program commenced earlier this year and offers visa-free travel to 89 countries, while allowing the investor to contribute to climate resilience and sustainable development in Nauru, named by the UN as the world’s fifth most vulnerable country to economic and climate shock. CIB programs like that offered by Nauru are being seen as a vital backup even for holders of strong passports, according to Mr Clark. “Global volatility, policy shifts, and emergency scenarios make diversification through an additional passport a prudent move, so even citizens of European nations or the US are realising the importance of have a second citizenship as a safeguard. “As well, in the event of major geopolitical conflict such as a European escalation of the Ukraine-Russia war, a second citizenship may provide a fallback citizenship to avoid mandatory military service or conscription scenarios.” He said citizens of countries with politically sensitive or restricted passports are looking for a more neutral passport alternative that allows for less scrutiny when

HOUSTON, Oct. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VoltaGrid LLC will deploy 2,300 megawatts (MW) of cutting-edge, ultra-low-emissions infrastructure, supplied by Energy Transfer’s pipeline network, to support the energy demands of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. The VoltaGrid power infrastructure will be delivered through the proprietary VoltaGrid platform — a modular, high-transient-response system developed by VoltaGrid with key suppliers, including INNIO Jenbacher and ABB. “This is more than a power deal, it’s a collaboration with Oracle to engineer scalable solutions that dampen swings in AI power demand,” said Nathan Ough, CEO of VoltaGrid. “Together, we’re delivering grid-grade performance with ultra-fast response, zero reliance on battery storage, and near-zero criteria air emissions.” “AI workloads are uniquely power-intensive and highly variable, often creating swings in demand,” said Mahesh Thiagarajan, executive vice president, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. “By collaborating with VoltaGrid, we’re engineering innovations that dampen these swings, making AI’s power usage more stable, predictable, and grid-friendly. VoltaGrid’s platform joins OCI’s broad energy portfolio to bolster our leading-edge AI infrastructure with dependable power that can be effortlessly scaled.” VoltaGrid’s platform advantages include AI-optimized performance, mission-critical power quality, vertical integration for speed and certainty, and innovative heat rejection design, to name a few. Expanded Energy Access and Fuel Innovation This collaboration includes key participation from Energy Transfer, a leading energy infrastructure provider. This power plant deployment is being supplied with firm natural gas from Energy Transfer’s expansive pipeline and storage systems. This supply represents the value that Energy Transfer’s natural gas assets bring to customers that are looking for the most reliable level of gas supply available in the market. Strategic Job Creation by VoltaGrid Texas-Based Manufacturing Job Creation: VoltaGrid and its supply chain partners will expand manufacturing capabilities in both the Dallas and Houston regions, creating over 400 new job opportunities. Texas-Based Operations

Report finds social media added over a quarter of a billion new user identities in the last year, but user behaviours are evolving SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Meltwater, a global leader in media, social and consumer intelligence and We Are Social, the socially-led creative agency, have released Digital 2026, their latest annual report on social media and digital trends worldwide. Digital 2026 reveals major milestones in internet and social media adoption, with more than two-thirds of the world’s total population now using social media. The report also points to a significant evolution in online behaviour, as the battle for attention intensifies on established platforms. A social media ‘supermajority’ According to Digital 2026, global social media user identities now stand at 5.66 billion, equivalent to 68.7 percent of the global population. This figure represents a ‘supermajority’, with social media users outnumbering non-users two to one. The global total increased by 4.8 percent over the past year, thanks to the addition of 259 million new user identities. The battle for attention While user numbers continue to climb, how people spend their time is changing. The typical internet user spends more than 2.5 hours per day on social and video platforms, with ‘filling spare time’ now ranking as the second-biggest motivation for using social media, behind ‘keeping in touch with friends and family’. When it comes to which platforms are winning this battle for attention, Similarweb data shows YouTube has the largest number of active app users, almost 50 percent more than fifth-placed TikTok. However, the typical TikTok user spends an average of 1 hour and 37 minutes per day using the platform’s Android app, significantly more than any other social platform. Social media now the top channel for brand discovery Digital 2026 highlights fundamental differences in how different generations discover brands, with

Examines both the technological underpinnings and the tangible business benefits PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Denodo, a leader in data management, announced that O’Reilly has published The Rise of Logical Data Management: An Essential Data Strategy for Transforming Your Business in the Age of AI. This logical data management strategy is central to the Denodo Platform, and it is one that has long been championed by industry analysts such as Gartner1 and GigaOm2. Written by Christopher Gardner, a business intelligence analyst and lead Tableau developer for the University of Michigan, the book covers logical data management from an independent, curious perspective, digging into how logical data management works, in today’s complex data landscape comprised of powerful data lakehouses, complex new AI use cases, and the continuing need for solutions that can deliver true, self-service data access in this challenging environment. “Logical data management,” Gardner explains, “is a data management approach based on logical or virtual connections to data. This approach is applied to an organization’s existing data structure to provide more uniform control over security, create a central data marketplace, and unify disparate underlying systems into a common format.” Why is Logical Data Management Needed Today? Logical data management is increasingly needed today to rapidly deliver on the complex, demanding requirements of AI and data self-service. AI requires “AI-ready” data, which is data that is governed, trusted, secure, and delivered in real time. Organizations employing only physical data management with data lakehouses, data lakes, and data warehouses are finding that on their own, these data repositories cannot deliver these requirements, and increasingly, they are adding logical data management capabilities. Similarly, self-service data access requires data to be immediately translated into actionable language, but the physical data management technologies lack the semantic capabilities that make it possible.