Dakar deploys first virtualised Olympic MCR

Dakar twenty twenty-six is the first Olympic event to run core master-control functions in a fully virtualised, software-defined cloud environment.

“Dakar twenty twenty-six is the first Olympic event to run core master-control functions in a fully virtualised, software-defined cloud environment. Alibaba supplies the infrastructure while teams operate remotely from Madrid, testing a model that separates critical broadcast control from the host city.”