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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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Read Mondelēz chooses AWS as primary cloud provider
Mondelēz chooses AWS as primary cloud provider

Mondelēz chooses AWS as primary cloud provider

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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Read AWS to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia
AWS to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia

AWS to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia

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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Read atNorth buys land for data center in Långsele, Sweden
atNorth buys land for data center in Långsele, Sweden

atNorth buys land for data center in Långsele, Sweden

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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Read The Co-operative Bank migrates IT infrastructure to AWS
The Co-operative Bank migrates IT infrastructure to AWS

The Co-operative Bank migrates IT infrastructure to AWS

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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Read Veon's Kyivstar launches Gen AI lab in Ukraine
Veon's Kyivstar launches Gen AI lab in Ukraine

Veon's Kyivstar launches Gen AI lab in Ukraine

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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Read AWS unveils S3 storage classes for Dedicated Local Zones
AWS unveils S3 storage classes for Dedicated Local Zones

AWS unveils S3 storage classes for Dedicated Local Zones

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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Read T.Loop appoints Helena Fagraeus Lundström as CEO
T.Loop appoints Helena Fagraeus Lundström as CEO

T.Loop appoints Helena Fagraeus Lundström as CEO

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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Read AWS launches EC2 UltraServers
AWS launches EC2 UltraServers

AWS launches EC2 UltraServers

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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Read BBC undergoes cloud migration to AWS
BBC undergoes cloud migration to AWS

BBC undergoes cloud migration to AWS

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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Read Royal Philips and AWS expand partnership for cloud migration
Royal Philips and AWS expand partnership for cloud migration

Royal Philips and AWS expand partnership for cloud migration

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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Read Telenor Sweden CEO to step down at end of year
Telenor Sweden CEO to step down at end of year

Telenor Sweden CEO to step down at end of year

November 28, 2024 Sweden

Telenor Sweden CEO Bjørn Ivar Moen has announced he will step down as CEO at the end of this year, and the hunt for a successor has already begun, as confirmed by the company in a statement. "All good things eventually come to an end," said Moen on LinkedIn this week. "Today, we announced that I...

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Read AWS partners with SSAB for green steel at Swedish data center
AWS partners with SSAB for green steel at Swedish data center

AWS partners with SSAB for green steel at Swedish data center

November 27, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has agreed with SSAB to pilot the use of green steel in one of its three new data centers in Sweden. The green steel will be used to construct the roof and wall structures at the AWS Västerås data center. SSAB subsidiary Ruukki Construction will supply the steel for the...

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Read AWS eyes data center project in Fayette County, Ohio
AWS eyes data center project in Fayette County, Ohio

AWS eyes data center project in Fayette County, Ohio

November 25, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is eyeing Fayette County, southern Ohio, as a site for a data center development and is considering a location about 25 miles east of Xenia, 40 miles east of Dayton.“We recently filed documents as part of the process in exploring possible data center locations. This is...

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Read Amazon to invest another $4bn in Anthropic
Amazon to invest another $4bn in Anthropic

Amazon to invest another $4bn in Anthropic

November 22, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon plans to invest $4 billion in Anthropic, following a previous $4bn investment in the generative artificial intelligence startup. The companies said that the startups "will use AWS Trainium and Inferentia chips to train and deploy its future foundation models," however Anthropic will likely...

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Read Volvo Penta invests in UIG
Volvo Penta invests in UIG

Volvo Penta invests in UIG

November 15, 2024 Sweden

Swedish marine and industrial engine manufacturer Volvo Penta has announced a follow-up investment in UtilityInnovation Group (UIG), an US and Irish company specializing in utility systems and decentralized energy solutions. Following the investment, UIG aims to combine Volvo’s battery energy...

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Read AWS and e& sign $1bn cloud agreement
AWS and e& sign $1bn cloud agreement

AWS and e& sign $1bn cloud agreement

October 19, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and UAE-based telco e& have signed a $1 billion cloud agreement in the Middle East, combining AWS' cloud infrastructure and solutions with e& networking capabilities with an aim to offer cloud services to customers in the public sector and heavily regulated...

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Read T.Loop to place data center in Stockholm’s slaughterhouse district
T.Loop to place data center in Stockholm’s slaughterhouse district

T.Loop to place data center in Stockholm’s slaughterhouse district

October 07, 2024 Sweden

Swedish Edge data center firm T.Loop l ast week announced it had entered into an agreement with real estate development firm Atrium Ljungberg for operational management of the Palmfelt Datacenter in the Slaughterhouse area of the capital. "We see great potential in the data center, which is...

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Read Atos awarded contract to upgrade Sweden's Berzelius supercomputer
Atos awarded contract to upgrade Sweden's Berzelius supercomputer

Atos awarded contract to upgrade Sweden's Berzelius supercomputer

September 23, 2024 Sweden

Atos's Eviden business unit has been awarded a four-year multi-million euro contract to boost the performance of the Berzelius supercomputer at Linkoping University for the second time. Eviden will integrate and deploy further Nvidia GPUs into the system, adding an extra 512 petaflops of FP8 AI...

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