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Read Texas Critical Data Centers signs MoU for AI Data Center
Texas Critical Data Centers signs MoU for AI Data Center

Texas Critical Data Centers signs MoU for AI Data Center

June 07, 2025 Texas

Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC) has entered a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with PowerForward Energy to supply onsite generation at its proposed 250MW AI data center in Ector County, Texas.The MoU will set the parameters for a power supply agreement between the companies, which...

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Read Amazon to Invest $10bn in North Carolina
Amazon to Invest $10bn in North Carolina

Amazon to Invest $10bn in North Carolina

June 07, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon has revealed plans to invest $10 billion for the expansion of its data center infrastructure in North Carolina which will be used to support the company's cloud and AI services, and is expected to bring 500 full time jobs to the region.“Artificial intelligence is changing the way we work...

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Read Brookfield Plans $10bn Investment on a Swedish AI Data Center
Brookfield Plans $10bn Investment on a Swedish AI Data Center

Brookfield Plans $10bn Investment on a Swedish AI Data Center

June 06, 2025 Sweden

Brookfield Asset Management plans to spend up to 95 billion kronor ($9.9 billion) on an AI data center in Strängnäs, Sweden. The investment more than doubles a planned 300MW facility to 750MW, with the company planning to purchase 350,000 sqm of additional land in Strängnäs to support the larger...

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Read Principal Acquires Connecta Park in Germany
Principal Acquires Connecta Park in Germany

Principal Acquires Connecta Park in Germany

June 04, 2025 Texas

Principal Asset Management has acquired a data center complex in Düsseldorf, Germany.The site is let to a number of tenants, including Digital Realty, Colt, Pluserver, Comtrance, 1&1 Versatel, Telia, Vodafone, and Zayo. The site is also home to the DE-CIX and ECIX (Megaport) Internet...

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Read AWS' Quantum General Manager Joins Google
AWS' Quantum General Manager Joins Google

AWS' Quantum General Manager Joins Google

June 04, 2025 Amazon AWS

The general manager of quantum technologies at Amazon Web Services Simone Severini has left for Google after spending more than six years at the cloud giant, which is developing its own quantum computers along with offering other companies' systems on its Braket service. He is also a professor of...

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Read Vena Launches AI-ready Data Center Subsidiary
Vena Launches AI-ready Data Center Subsidiary

Vena Launches AI-ready Data Center Subsidiary

May 30, 2025 Singapore

Singaporean infrastructure developer Vena Global has launched a new subsidiary focused on the development of AI-ready data center infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region, with plans to create a digital infrastructure developer that is highly integrated with low-carbon energy...

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Read AWS Retires Private 5G Service
AWS Retires Private 5G Service

AWS Retires Private 5G Service

May 21, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in an update published on May 20, revealed that its 5G service had reached the end of its support date and could no longer be accessed. The Private 5G offering integrated small cell radio units, Outposts servers, a 5G core, and radio access network (RAN) software running...

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Read Partners Group to Acquire Digital Halo
Partners Group to Acquire Digital Halo

Partners Group to Acquire Digital Halo

May 20, 2025 Singapore

Global private markets firm Partners Group is set to acquire Singapore-based Digital Halo- a data center operator with facilities located across Southeast and North Asia. The company is currently owned by Arch Capital, which will remain a minority shareholder in the business.Following the terms...

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Read Insurer Marsh McLennan Selects AWS as Preferred Cloud Provider
Insurer Marsh McLennan Selects AWS as Preferred Cloud Provider

Insurer Marsh McLennan Selects AWS as Preferred Cloud Provider

May 16, 2025 Amazon AWS

Insurance giant Marsh McLennan has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider across its four global businesses - Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer, and Oliver Wyman. The company will migrate the majority of its global on-premises infrastructure to AWS, significantly reducing the company's physical...

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Read AI Drives Environmental Concerns Over Rise in Data Center Growth Across Central Texas
AI Drives Environmental Concerns Over Rise in Data Center Growth Across Central Texas

AI Drives Environmental Concerns Over Rise in Data Center Growth Across Central Texas

February 13, 2025 Austin

What's causing the growth in data centers in Austin, TX? The answer is AI. Data centers and large AI consumers, like the Texas Advanced Computing Center’s supercomputers, require enormous amounts of energy and water, raising environmental concerns. Our research reveals there are 386 data centers...

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Read Lambda Installs GB200 NVL72 Rack in California
Lambda Installs GB200 NVL72 Rack in California

Lambda Installs GB200 NVL72 Rack in California

January 29, 2025 California

GPU cloud provider Lambda has deployed an Nvidia GB200 NVL72 rack system at EdgeCloudLink's (ECL) data center in Mountain View, California. The rack was installed on January 22, and the installation process took around "one hour" due to the flexibility of the data center.In a LinkedIn post, ECL's...

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Read Sailfish plans multi-gigawatt data center park outside DFW, Texas
Sailfish plans multi-gigawatt data center park outside DFW, Texas

Sailfish plans multi-gigawatt data center park outside DFW, Texas

January 25, 2025 Texas

Ryan Hughes, founder of real estate firm Sailfish, this week announced Comanche Circle, a 2,600-acre master-planned data center community in Hood County’s Tolar, Texas. Hughes said Sailfish Digital Ventures (SDV) will develop nine data center campuses with a cumulative 5GW of power delivered via...

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Read Canadian gov't urges Amazon to reconsider shutting down the distribution centers in Quebec
Canadian gov't urges Amazon to reconsider shutting down the distribution centers in Quebec

Canadian gov't urges Amazon to reconsider shutting down the distribution centers in Quebec

January 25, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon announced this week that it would be closing seven warehouses in Quebec over the next two months, cutting more than 1,700 workers as a result. Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry - François-Philippe Champagne - has written to Amazon's CEO Andy Jassy, requesting the...

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Read AWS to invest in cloud infrastructure in Maharashta, India
AWS to invest in cloud infrastructure in Maharashta, India

AWS to invest in cloud infrastructure in Maharashta, India

January 24, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has committed to invest $8.3 billion in developing cloud infrastructure for its AWS Asia-Pacific (Mumbai) Region in Maharashtra, India. The company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 22, 2025, during the World Economic Forum 2025 to formalize the...

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Read Susquehanna Nuclear files petition to review FERC order
Susquehanna Nuclear files petition to review FERC order

Susquehanna Nuclear files petition to review FERC order

January 24, 2025 Amazon AWS

Susquehanna Nuclear LLC, the owner and operator of the 2.5GW Susquehanna steam electric station, has filed a petition in the Fifth Circuit court seeking a review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) order rejecting an expanded interconnection service agreement (ISA) at the power...

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Read Northpoint proposes 15-building data center campus in Pennsylvania
Northpoint proposes 15-building data center campus in Pennsylvania

Northpoint proposes 15-building data center campus in Pennsylvania

January 23, 2025 Pennsylvania

Northpoint Development is set to present plans for Project Hazelnut to Luzerne County Council’s infrastructure committee this week. According to council documents, Northpoint is planning a 1,283-acre, 15-building campus in Hazle Township’s 3,000-acre Humboldt North Industrial Park.The first...

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Read General Catalyst chooses AWS as primary cloud provder
General Catalyst chooses AWS as primary cloud provder

General Catalyst chooses AWS as primary cloud provder

January 18, 2025 Amazon AWS

General Catalyst, a global investment company, is teaming up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the development of healthcare AI tools, to be the company's official preferred cloud provider, supplying the necessary technology and compute for the development of solutions for healthcare systems....

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Read PowerHouse and Provident partner for data center campus in Texas
PowerHouse and Provident partner for data center campus in Texas

PowerHouse and Provident partner for data center campus in Texas

January 13, 2025 Texas

Data center firm PowerHouse has partnered with Provident Data Centers for the development of a 768-acre data center campus in Texas. Provident Data Centers is the data center arm of the Dallas-based real estate development firm Provident.“The demands on digital infrastructure are accelerating...

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Read BBVA completes data platform migration to AWS
BBVA completes data platform migration to AWS

BBVA completes data platform migration to AWS

January 13, 2025 Amazon AWS

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has successfully migrated its data platform to Amazon Web Services (AWS), covering its European and Uruguay operations. BBVA announced its plans to migrate to the cloud provider in February 2023, citing the need for high-performance computing (HPC) for some...

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Read Mapping and location company Here signs 10-year $1bn deal with AWS
Mapping and location company Here signs 10-year $1bn deal with AWS

Mapping and location company Here signs 10-year $1bn deal with AWS

January 10, 2025 Amazon AWS

Mapping and location technology company Here has signed a 10-year deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to use its cloud computing infrastructure. Here will combine AWS technologies with its mapping solutions to help automakers develop location-sensitive technologies for their vehicles.“Location...

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