M&A & Investments The ORAN Development Company (ODC) has raised $45 million in its latest Series A funding round. US-based ODC, which focuses on developing AI-RAN networks, received funding from Nvidia, AT&T, Nokia, Booz Allen, Cisco Investments, MTN Group, and Telecom Italia, among others. ODC is building what it calls the “Distributed Compute Grid – the essential Token Factory for the world’s digital and physical infrastructure,” using Nvidia’s AI Aerial software. OpenAI has cancelled its multibillion-pound investment in the UK, called Project Stargate UK. The plan was part of a £31 billion package of US tech investment called the ‘tech prosperity deal’, which included building a large data center in the north-east of England. The project was already under pressure.…