In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including fintech, datrecentres, cloud, blockchain and 5G.

Here are our highlights:

Sandwell Bitcoin mine found stealing electricity

A suspected Bitcoin "mining" operation illegally stealing electricity has been found by police who were searching for a cannabis farm.

Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3i43am9 

Apple opens its $1bn data centre in China

Apple has officially opened its first Chinese data centre, in the south western province of Guizhou, reports state press agency Xinhua.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3g3Kdxn 

Data analytics player Cloudera goes private in $5.3bn deal

Cloud data analytics services firm Cloudera is being bought for $5.3 billion and going private. Entities related to Icahn Group, collectively holding around 18% of the company, have backed the deal, which represents a 24% premium.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/34DIwRJ 

Huawei operating system coming to smartphones in Asia

An update of HarmonyOS, the operating system developed by Huawei, means it will now be installed in a wider range of products, including its smartphones.

Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3i7gMwV 

Only 17% of organisations encrypt at least half of their sensitive cloud data

New research by Thales found that about 50% of businesses say that they store more than 40% of their data in external cloud environments, but only 17% have encrypted at least half of their sensitive data in the cloud.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3fLz9Gb 

American Tower completes first tranche Telxius Tower acquisition 

American Tower Corporation confirms the completion the first tranche of its Telxius Towers acquisition.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3ph88gS 

orange poland backs blockchain of things for smart cities

Orange Poland and SmartKey have announced a new partnership aiming to create a universal standard that will allow blockchain-IoT SIM cards to operate various parts of future smart cities, from smart bikes to utilities.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3uR12AI 

Aviva and Darwin partner for autonomous vehicles using O2 5G

The five-year partnership will make use of O2 and Darwin Innovation Groups’ 5G and satellite communications commercial laboratory.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2S0YtyZ