January 09, 2025 Amazon AWS
Snack and confectionary company Mondelēz International has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its primary cloud provider and will move its entire ERP landscape to SAP RISE powered by AWS among others. The company hopes that the move will improve the security, agility, and reliability of its...
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January 09, 2025 Amazon AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia which will be used to support growing demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and is expected to create at least 550 new jobs. "We are delighted to expand our infrastructure...
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January 03, 2025 Texas
Meta has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with US-based renewable energy company Longroad Energy to purchase 100 percent of the output of the 300MWac (400MWdc) '1000 Mile' solar project in Yoakum County, Texas."The renewable energy from this project will support our data center...
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January 03, 2025 Sydney
Global Switch recently announced that the sale of its Sydney data center business to HMC Capital had closed, and has officially confirmed previous reports it was seeking external investment for its London campus.“As part of its financing strategy to drive future growth, Global Switch has also...
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January 02, 2025 Phoenix
The city of Phoenix in Arizona is set to clamp down on data centers. The City Council has approved a series of changes to better regulate data center growth in the city, including regulating locations and external design specifications.The vote, which took place on December 10, targeted...
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January 01, 2025 England
TalkTalk is set to cut hundreds of jobs as the struggling ISP looks to save £120 million ($150m), detailing the plans during an investor meeting in December. TalkTalk has already kicked off a redundancy consultation, ahead of plans to cut around 130 jobs at its Salford consumer division.Further...
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December 27, 2024 Oregon
The Oregon Public Utility Commission has ruled in favor of a PacifiCorp proposal that would penalize large-load customers, such as data centers, whose energy use at new facilities is not in line with forecast needs. "The scale of utility procurement and stranded asset risk associated with these...
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December 27, 2024 Maryland
Quantum Loophole will no longer have any "active involvement" in the Quantum Frederick Project, a 2,100-acre data center campus and fiber optic loop (QLoop) in Frederick County, Maryland. This September, TPG sought a court order to remove Quantum Loophole from its role as manager of the $5...
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December 21, 2024 California
Intel shareholders have filed a derivative lawsuit against the company, alleging executives, including former CEO Pat Gelsinger, made false and misleading statements about the reorganization of a manufacturing segment. The lawsuit accuses Intel executives, including former CEO Pat Gelsinger, of...
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December 20, 2024 Philadelphia
Philadelphia-based investment manager CenterSquare has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against data center firm Centersquare. The lawsuit, filed on August 24, includes allegations of cybersquatting, or using a domain name too similar to a protected trademark with the intent to profit from...
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December 20, 2024 Texas
Duos Technologies is set to develop a high-density data center campus at Pampa Energy Center (PEC).The company will develop data centers supported by up to 500MW of self-generated natural gas power and supplemented by up to 200MW of wind turbine generation and alternative fuel services.“The US...
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December 19, 2024 Sweden
Nordic colocation provider atNorth has bought a 30-hectare plot for a potential data center in Långsele, Sweden. Located in the Sollefteå municipality in Hamre Industripark, the land will host the company’s first ‘mega site.'“This is a fantastic opportunity for Sollefteå municipality and the...
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December 14, 2024 Amazon AWS
The Co-operative Bank is migrating its applications from on-premise environments to Amazon Web Services, selecting IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl to aid with the migration and hopes that the move to AWS will reduce ongoing costs and improve service delivery for both employees and...
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December 06, 2024 Amazon AWS
Veon's Ukrainian subsidiary Kyivstar has this week announced the launch of a generative AI lab in partnership with Amazon Web Services. According to the company, the purpose of the launch is to support Ukrainian enterprises in introducing AI technologies, as part of an effort to boost the...
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December 06, 2024 Amazon AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 storage offering is now available via AWS Dedicated Local Zones, one of its on-premise cloud offerings. At the company's Re:Invent 2024 conference, AWS also revealed new S3 solutions: S3 Tables and S3 Metadata. The storage classes are designed to store data within a...
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December 04, 2024 Sweden
Swedish Edge data center firm T.Loop has appointed Helena Fagraeus Lundström as its new CEO. Lundström was most recently at solar developer Solkompaniet, where she was chief strategy office and then business unit director for land development. Prior to that, she had held roles at Swedish boat...
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December 04, 2024 Amazon AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching EC2 instances featuring the latest Nvidia GPUs and Trainium chips. At this week's Re:Invent event in Las Vegas, the cloud giant revealed plans for its Trainium3 chip after unveiling the EC2 during a keynote speech by CEO Matt Garman. Garman revealed three...
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November 30, 2024 Amazon AWS
The UK's British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is undergoing a cloud migration as it revealed plans to move its IT systems including finance, HR, and procurement to RISE with SAP on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The BBC hopes that moving its IT systems to the cloud will be more cost-effective than...
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November 29, 2024 Texas
Core Scientific plans to refurbish its data center in Denton, Texas, turning it from a crypto facility into an AI site, spending as much as $6.1 billion on the new campus, the Denton City Council said, with a planned launch in 2027. As part of the deal, the City of Denton will lease 78.85 acres...
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November 29, 2024 Amazon AWS
Health technology company Royal Philips has expanded its partnership with Amazon Web Services. Philips' integrated diagnostics portfolio in the cloud will be expanded including radiology, digital pathology, cardiology, and AI-advanced visualized solutions.“The collaboration between Philips and...
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