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Read Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California
Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California

Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California

November 24, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has filed to build two new data centers at a site in San Jose, California, it has been reported. The proposal details plans for two-building on a 632,000-square-foot campus on 22 vacant acres near the intersection of Orchard Parkway and Component Drive. These two new additions have been...

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Read Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland
Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

November 24, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed CPPAs with Statkraft, Energia Group, and Power Capital Renewable Energy, for 900MW to cover its data center operations in Ireland and 28% of Ireland's renewable energy target for 2030. By 2025, the giant expects to power 100% of its Irish facilities with renewable energy....

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Read AWS proposal "indefinitely postponed" in Fauquier County
AWS proposal "indefinitely postponed" in Fauquier County

AWS proposal "indefinitely postponed" in Fauquier County

November 24, 2022 Amazon AWS

AWS’s Warrenton data center proposals have been ‘indefinitely postponed’ by Virginia’s Fauquier County officials following a unanimous vote. The original proposal outlined plans for a 220,000-square-foot (20,400 sqm), single-story data center in Warrenton at the intersection of Blackwell Road and...

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Read Equinix Announces Expansion in The UK
Equinix Announces Expansion in The UK

Equinix Announces Expansion in The UK

November 24, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it is expanding its data center footprint in the UK in London and Manchester. The data center firm revealed that it had launched a new data center in Manchester called MA5. It is also expanding its LD7 and LD8 facilities in London. The Managing Director of Equinix UK,...

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Read Equinix Announces TY15 in Tokyo
Equinix Announces TY15 in Tokyo

Equinix Announces TY15 in Tokyo

November 24, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it is developing a new data center in Tokyo called TY15. The company first announced the facility earlier in the month. Equinix revealed that the data center is scheduled to be in operation in H1 2024. The facility will also have a capacity of around 1,200 cabinets by...

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Read Amazon Buys Two Data Centers in Massachusetts For $26.7m
Amazon Buys Two Data Centers in Massachusetts For $26.7m

Amazon Buys Two Data Centers in Massachusetts For $26.7m

November 24, 2022 Amazon AWS

According to the Worcester Business Journal, Amazon has acquired two data centers in Massachusetts. The company bought the two properties in Westborough and Grafton in Worcester County for $26.7m from State Street Corp. Amazon bought 600 and 800 Friberg Parkway in Westborough for $11.6 million....

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Read Amazon Web Services Opens New Cloud Region in Hyderabad, India
Amazon Web Services Opens New Cloud Region in Hyderabad, India

Amazon Web Services Opens New Cloud Region in Hyderabad, India

November 23, 2022 Amazon AWS

AWS has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Hyderabad, India. The company’s statement reads: “Today we are announcing the general availability of the 30th AWS Region, Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region, with three Availability Zones and the ap-south-2 API name. The new Hyderabad Region...

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Read New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers
New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers

New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers

November 22, 2022 Meta

Meta has announced that it is deploying a new network timing protocol, Precision Time Protocol (PTP), which will keep each server in its data centers on the same time. Servers must be coordinated, otherwise, users can experience delays, errors, and outages. In contrast to Network Time Protocol...

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Read Amazon Web Services Launches New Zurich Cloud Region
Amazon Web Services Launches New Zurich Cloud Region

Amazon Web Services Launches New Zurich Cloud Region

November 18, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Zurich, Switzerland. The principal developer advocate for Amazon Web Services, Sebastien Stormacq, said: “I am pleased to announce today the opening of our 28th AWS Region: Europe (Zurich), also known by its API name:...

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Read AWS Launches Spanish Cloud Region
AWS Launches Spanish Cloud Region

AWS Launches Spanish Cloud Region

November 17, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has launched a new region in Spain. With this launch, the company has opened its eight regions in the continent. Like AWS’ other regions, the Spanish region also launched with three availability zones. AWS had announced in the past that it would invest up to €2.5 billion...

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Read Amazon follows tech industry with new round of layoffs
Amazon follows tech industry with new round of layoffs

Amazon follows tech industry with new round of layoffs

November 16, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon is the latest tech company to make big layoffs. The giant is making around 10,000 cuts to employees in corporate and technology roles, in what the New York Times has determined represents about 3% of its corporate staff. More broadly, the cuts represent less than 1% of the global workforce...

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Read Meta makes big cuts sacking 13% of its workforce
Meta makes big cuts sacking 13% of its workforce

Meta makes big cuts sacking 13% of its workforce

November 15, 2022 Meta

Meta, the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, has announced the biggest job cuts in the giant's history, with 13% of its workforce set to lose their jobs in a move that follows big redundancies at Twitter, Oracle and Microsoft. According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the job cuts are "the most...

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Read Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina
Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina

Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina

November 13, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has promised to invest a minimum of $1 billion in developing four data centers in North Carolina’s Catawba County. The company plans to spread the investment over the next 10 years. According to county officials, Microsoft will invest in the data centers in Maiden, Hickory, and Conover....

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Read T5 begins work on the last phase of its Chicago facility
T5 begins work on the last phase of its Chicago facility

T5 begins work on the last phase of its Chicago facility

November 10, 2022 T5 Data Centers

T5 Data Centers has announced that it’s expanding its facility in Chicago, Illinois, in the final 20MW phase of its T5 Chicago facility at 200 Innovation Drive in Elk Grove. Acquired by T5 in 2016, the company first broke ground on an expansion back in 2017; its current expansion offers 140,000...

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Read Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate
Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate

Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate

November 10, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has entered into a 15-year power-purchase agreement with Potentia Renewables Inc. (Potentia) and Greengate Power Corporation's (Greengate) Paintearth Wind Project LP. As per the PPA, Microsoft will procure wind energy from the 198MW Paintearth Wind Project in Paintearth County, Alberta....

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Read Adani, EdgeConneX JV AdaniConneX begin operations at hyperscale data center in Chennai
Adani, EdgeConneX JV AdaniConneX begin operations at hyperscale data center in Chennai

Adani, EdgeConneX JV AdaniConneX begin operations at hyperscale data center in Chennai

November 09, 2022 EdgeConneX

AdaniConneX, the joint venture between EdgeConneX and Adani Enterprises, has launched its first data center in Chennai, Chennai 1 Data Center. Its first phase will reportedly offer 17MW and 33MW of IT load at full build-out. “The wait is over! We proudly announce that our state-of-the-art Chennai...

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Read Stack to develop new data center campus in Phoenix, Arizona
Stack to develop new data center campus in Phoenix, Arizona

Stack to develop new data center campus in Phoenix, Arizona

November 08, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack has announced that it’s developing a new 230 MW data center campus in Phoenix, Arizona, featuring five buildings on a 50-acre site. This site, which will span 1.7 million square feet (157,935 sqm), is the company’s second in the state and will run on 100% renewable energy, built with a low...

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Read Google signs new PPA with SB Energy
Google signs new PPA with SB Energy

Google signs new PPA with SB Energy

November 07, 2022 Google

This week, Google signed a 942 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with SB Energy to procure solar energy in Texas. The giant is set to purchase 75% of the renewable energy produced by four of the solar projects under development; the Orion 1-3 and Eiffel solar projects total 1.2GW and are...

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Read In a water reduction effort, Meta increases server room temperatures to 90 degrees F
In a water reduction effort, Meta increases server room temperatures to 90 degrees F

In a water reduction effort, Meta increases server room temperatures to 90 degrees F

November 07, 2022 Meta

Meta (formerly Facebook) has announced that in an effort reduce its water consumption to become water-positive, it has increased its server rooms' temperature by five degrees to 90°F (32.2°C). This was first announced at the 7×24 Exchange Fall Conference, and first implemented at one data center,...

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Read Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion
Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion

Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion

November 07, 2022 Lumen Technologies

Lumen has announced that it will sell its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) operations to Colt in a $1.8 billion deal. The deal will see Lumen divest its EMEA business, including its data centers, terrestrial and subsea networks, and network equipment in the EMEA region, to Colt. The deal is...

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