AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers The Fauquier Times reports that Amazon Web Services is planning to buy 41.7 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if the town finally changes its rules to allow the construction of data centers. At a Warrenton Planning Commission, it was proposed that the rule be changed and data centers... June 17, 2021 Northern Virginia
AWS announces a new region, AWS Middle East (UAE) Amazon Web Services has announced plans to build a new data center region in UAE. The new zone will have three Availability Zones, and it will be open before the mid of 2022. Upon completion, the region will be AWS’s second region in the Middle East after opening a Bahrain region two years ago... May 28, 2021 Amazon AWS
Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden Microsoft is reportedly building two new datacenters in Sweden, according to Swedish Newspaper Gefle Dagblad (via MSN). It was previously reported in December that the company had acquired 130 hectares of land in the municipalities of of Gävle and Sandviken, near the Swedish capital Stockho... March 25, 2019 Microsoft Azure
