Microsoft buys UK's Lumenisity that makes hollow core fibre cable

Microsoft has acquired UK-based startup Lumenisity that develops "hollow core fibre" technologies for data centres and internet service providers. Before the acquisition, the startup had raised $15.35 million in funding across several rounds from investors including Business Growth Fund. Lumenisity was launched as a spinoff from the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre.