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Eirgrid report makes decision on data centers in Ireland

EirGrid has made a decision on data center building in Ireland. The state-owned electric power transmission operator has outlined that it will not accept any further applications to build facilities in Dublin for "the foreseeable future" and perhaps not until 2028. That said, the data center a...

January 14, 2022

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AWS continues to expand its local zones

Ever-growing and expanding its reach, AWS has announced that local zones are now available in Atlanta, Phoenix, and Seattle. This expansion means that the giant now has 17 Edge locations in 16 US metros. Its zones now include Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Las ...

January 14, 2022

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Amazon data center in store for Desoto?

Reports are circulating about Amazon's recent purchase of a 9-acre development site on Hampton Road south of Interstate 20 in DeSoto, southern Dallas County. This latest land acquisition has got people talking about whether the giant is planning another data center, considering its recent and ...

January 11, 2022

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Leeward repowers wind farm supplying Amazon with renewable energy

Leeward Renewable Energy LLC has announced that it has completed the repowering of its 54.4-MW Crescent Ridge wind farm in Illinois, which will provide Amazon with renewable energy. This process involved decommissioning nine turbines, installing Vestas turbines, and replacing 24 legacy turbine...

January 07, 2022

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Further danger ahead for Ireland's power grid as data centers continue to sap energy

There is an ongoing power issue in Ireland as the data center industry in the country continues to boom. Being the host of 70 data centers it is now the fastest-growing data center market in Europe. However, with data centers accounting for 11% of Ireland’s total energy supply, there are conce...

January 05, 2022

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AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment

Further to AWS announcing that it is establishing its AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region, reports are now circulating that the giant will be investing an estimated $5 billion (IDR$71 trillion) in Indonesia across the 15 years through the region.According to reports, this investment will cover e...

January 05, 2022

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Launch of TikTok's €420m Irish data center Postponed to Late 2022

TikTok has revealed that its planned data center opening in Ireland will be delayed due to issues caused by the pandemic. The company revealed to Business Post Ireland €420 million ($473m) that the facility will be launched in late 2022 instead of the planned early 2022 launch. CSO of TikTok, ...

December 21, 2021

Republic of Ireland

AWS: New Indonesian cloud region for Jakarta

AWS has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Jakarta, Indonesia, and has been created to support the 'fast-growing startup ecosystem, large Indonesian enterprises, and government agencies.'The region is now the tenth active in the Asia Pacific and mainland China after Beijing, Hong K...

December 15, 2021

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AWS to develop data center region in Queretaro, Mexico

According to Bloomberg, Amazon Web Services plans to open a new data center region in Mexico. The report claims AWS is close to signing a deal with the Mexican federal government over opening a new region in Queretaro. Although no date has been set, an official report is expected soon.Represen...

December 10, 2021

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AWS announces new AWS Top Secret Region

Amazon Web Services has announced another Top Secret cloud region to host classified government data. The new region will operate workloads at the Top-Secret United States security classification level, which is the highest security classification in the US. The new Top-Secret West region will...

December 09, 2021

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AWS to launch more than 30 Local Zones globally

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is rolling out its Local Zones across the globe next year. The company will be opening 30 new locations across over 20 countries. Local Zones are used for Edge locations that host applications requiring low latency to end-users or on-premises installations. Each Local...

December 05, 2021

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AWS announces 18 new renewable energy projects

This week, AWS has announced 18 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects spread across the US, Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. This totals 2GW of clean energy capacity. This investment also makes Amazon the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy.Commenting on this sign...

December 03, 2021

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Nasdaq is migrating to AWS

US stock exchange Nasdaq has revealed plans to migrate to AWS infrastructure. It will also be bringing AWS infrastructure into its on-premise network. The plan is for Nasdaq to migrate its North American markets to AWS at the beginning of 2022. Nasdaq will be approaching the migration in stage...

December 02, 2021

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Amazon to launch its first Georgia solar project in Burke County

Amazon is launching a 70-megawatt solar farm in Burke County - the first of its kind in Georgia. This move is part of a wider initiative, which will see the giant bring 18 new wind and solar projects online for an entirely renewable-powered company by 2025.The other projects include one in Oh...

December 02, 2021

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Richemont to close data centers in Europe, US, and Hong Kong, migrate to AWS

Luxury watch company Compagnie Financière Richemont has revealed that it is migrating its closing its European data centers and moving its IT infrastructure to Amazon Web Services. The group owns some luxury brands, including Montblanc, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, IWC, and Schaffhausen. R...

December 02, 2021

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Climate protestors gather outside Data Centres Ireland event in Dublin

People Before Profit, is calling for an end to new data centers being buillt in Ireland, and picketed outside Data Centres Ireland event in Dublin on 16 November in protest of the dangerous and continual expansion of data center building in Ireland.The protest held outside the annual data ce...

November 17, 2021

Republic of Ireland

New Canadian cloud region for AWS

Calgary, Alberta, is to be home to AWS’s new Canadian cloud region, set to be available from late 2023 to early 2024. According to AWS, over the next few years, it will invest over $17 billion (CA$21 billion) in Canada, $3bn (CA$4bn) will go to the new Calgary region.Speaking about the announc...

November 11, 2021

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AWS's $35billion investment in Virginia

Between 2011 and 2020, Amazon Web Services (AWS) injected $35 billion into its cloud computing infrastructure in Northern Virginia, which is a hub for data centers and the largest single concentration of corporate data centers globally. This information was released by a recent report by the t...

November 09, 2021

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NSA ordered to reevaluate $10bn AWS cloud contract

The National Security Agency (NSA) has been ordered to reevaluate a secret cloud contract worth $10 billion, awarded to Amazon Web Services. Microsoft led the protest and asked for the contract to be reviewed. The Government Accountability Office had to side with Microsoft after its protest an...

November 02, 2021

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Amazon looks to further grow its footprint in Ireland

Amazon is planning further expansion in Ireland with an application for two more data centers in Dublin. The proposed facilities will be based in Clonshaugh Close, where there is already the former Ricoh building which Amazon is seeking to demolish and replace with 'Data Centre A' and 'Data Ce...

November 01, 2021

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