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Read Microsoft acquires acres of land in North Carolina
Microsoft acquires acres of land in North Carolina

Microsoft acquires acres of land in North Carolina

November 05, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Person County last week announced that Microsoft had acquired the 1,350-acre Person County Mega Park. Citing county property records, local press report Microsoft paid $26.85 million for the site, located in Woodsdale Township."Microsoft's presence in Person County will boost our local economy...

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Read Equinix opens second data center in Istanbul, Türkiye
Equinix opens second data center in Istanbul, Türkiye

Equinix opens second data center in Istanbul, Türkiye

November 02, 2024 Equinix

US colocation giant Equinix this week opened its second International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Istanbul, known as IL4. The new facility is located on the same campus as Equinix’s existing Istanbul facility, IL2 and it offers capacity for 1,125 cabinets across 3,045 sqm (32,775 sq...

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Read Vantage unveils New Albany data center in Ohio
Vantage unveils New Albany data center in Ohio

Vantage unveils New Albany data center in Ohio

October 31, 2024 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has broken ground on a new data centre campus located 70 acres outside Columbus in New Albany. OH1 will provide a total of 192MW of IT capacity across more than 1.5 million square feet (139,355 sqm). The company said more than $2 billion will be invested in the project, with...

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Read Equinix to invest in two data centers in Bangkok, Thailand
Equinix to invest in two data centers in Bangkok, Thailand

Equinix to invest in two data centers in Bangkok, Thailand

October 30, 2024 Equinix

Equinix this week announced an intention to invest approximately $500 million in Thailand in phases over the next ten years, including the recent acquisition of land in Bangkok for approximately $34m. The newly acquired land in the Bangna area of Bangkok will be used to establish two Equinix...

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Read Citigroup signs multi-year contract with Google Cloud
Citigroup signs multi-year contract with Google Cloud

Citigroup signs multi-year contract with Google Cloud

October 29, 2024 Google

American investment banking and financial services firm Citi has signed a multi-year contract with Google Cloud to use its cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) offerings. The agreement will see Citi migrate several workloads and applications to Google Cloud, and use Google Cloud's...

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Read FCC rules in favor of AT&T's FirstNet over 4.9 GHz spectrum usage
FCC rules in favor of AT&T's FirstNet over 4.9 GHz spectrum usage

FCC rules in favor of AT&T's FirstNet over 4.9 GHz spectrum usage

October 28, 2024 AT&T

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to transfer control of a chunk of the 4.9 GHz spectrum band to FirstNet, which operates a network for first responders that AT&T uses. The FCC voted 4-0 in favor of handing the spectrum to FirstNet. Commissioner Anna Gomez did not...

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Read VP and head of platform Amit Zavery to leave Google
VP and head of platform Amit Zavery to leave Google

VP and head of platform Amit Zavery to leave Google

October 25, 2024 Google

The vice president, general manager, and head of platform at Google Cloud is set to depart after spending the last five and a half years at Google, joining from Oracle Cloud along with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. "The decision to leave Google is one of the toughest I’ve ever made," Zavery...

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Read TMF Group selects Orange for hybrid cloud solution
TMF Group selects Orange for hybrid cloud solution

TMF Group selects Orange for hybrid cloud solution

October 19, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Professional services firm TMF Group which provides administrative services such as tax, HR, and payroll services across 125 offices in 86 jurisdictions, has selected Orange Business to help it deploy a centralized managed hybrid cloud solution. The company is now using Microsoft's Azure Stack...

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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 Ansys and TSMC to partner with Microsoft for silicon photonic simulations
Ansys and TSMC to partner with Microsoft for silicon photonic simulations

Ansys and TSMC to partner with Microsoft for silicon photonic simulations

October 15, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Ansys and TSMC have teamed up with Microsoft to enhance the simulation and analysis of silicon photonic components. Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology is a type of optical communication that speeds up data transfer speeds and is used in data centers and IoT applications.“The...

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Read Google Quantum AI invests in QuEra
Google Quantum AI invests in QuEra

Google Quantum AI invests in QuEra

October 14, 2024 Google

Google Quantum AI has invested an undisclosed sum in quantum startup QuEra. In a statement, the neutral-atom quantum computing company said the investment will help it “accelerate technology advancements” such as developing scalable and fault-tolerant quantum computers. Commenting on the...

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Read DC Blox secures new equity investment and green loan
DC Blox secures new equity investment and green loan

DC Blox secures new equity investment and green loan

October 10, 2024 DC BLOX

US data center operator DC Blox this week announced it has raised incremental equity capital from its existing and new investors, led by Post Road Group and Bain Capital Credit. The funding will enable the deployment of more than $1 billion of total capital to finance future construction and the...

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Read Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy
Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy

Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy

October 05, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has committed to investing €4.3 billion ($4.75bn) in expanding its cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) data centre infrastructure in Italy, making this Microsoft's largest investment in the country to date. It will be expanding its data center in Northern Italy, and has also...

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Read Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy
Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy

Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy

October 03, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has committed to investing €4.3 billion ($4.75bn) in expanding its cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) data centre infrastructure in Italy, making this Microsoft's largest investment in the country to date. It will be expanding its data center in Northern Italy, and has also...

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Read Google Distributed Cloud expands partnership to add NetApp offerings
Google Distributed Cloud expands partnership to add NetApp offerings

Google Distributed Cloud expands partnership to add NetApp offerings

October 03, 2024 Google

NetApp and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership, integrating NetApp's unified data storage and intelligent services into its Distributed Cloud architecture. The companies aim to help public sectors and regulated industries access artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure while meeting...

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Read Digital Realty extends credit facility
Digital Realty extends credit facility

Digital Realty extends credit facility

October 03, 2024 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty this week announced that it has amended, extended, and upsized its existing $3.75 billion senior unsecured multi-currency global revolving credit facility to $4.2 billion. The maturity date was extended by three years and total availability was expanded by $450 million which now...

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Read Alva to use Google Cloud as primary cloud provider
Alva to use Google Cloud as primary cloud provider

Alva to use Google Cloud as primary cloud provider

October 01, 2024 Google

Indonesian electric motorcycle company Alva has selected Google Cloud as its primary cloud service provider and plans to use Google Cloud's artificial intelligence (AI) optimized infrastructure for innovation across R&D, customer service, productivity, and marketing. Alva will also look into...

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Read DNeX and Google Cloud to develop sovereign cloud in Malaysia
DNeX and Google Cloud to develop sovereign cloud in Malaysia

DNeX and Google Cloud to develop sovereign cloud in Malaysia

September 30, 2024 Google

Dagang NeXchange Berhad (DNeX) and Google Cloud have signed a deal to deliver sovereign cloud services to Malaysia and will operate the Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) offering as a managed GDC provider, bringing a sovereign cloud offering to the country. Karan Bajwa, vice president for Asia...

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Read Google launches first data center in Malaysia.
Google launches first data center in Malaysia.

Google launches first data center in Malaysia.

September 30, 2024 Google

Google this week held a ceremonial groundbreaking for its first data center and cloud region in Malaysia located at the Elmina Business Park outside Kuala Lumpur.Ruth Porat, president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google, said: "Today, Google reaffirms its support for advancing...

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Read The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a colocation contract to Equinix.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a colocation contract to Equinix.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a colocation contract to Equinix.

September 25, 2024 Equinix

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Equinix a contract for colocation services for its Homeland Security Enterprise Network. Published on SAM.gov on September 17, the tender called for "power, connectivity and related operations and maintenance," adding that the services will...

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