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Read OpenAI disbands research SRE team
OpenAI disbands research SRE team

OpenAI disbands research SRE team

September 13, 2024 Google

OpenAI has disbanded its Site Reliability Engineering team focused on research and training workloads which was formed less than a year ago. Todd Underwood who was hired to lead the team spent 14 years and nine months at Google, where he created the machine learning SRE group, and co-authored the...

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Read NTT selected to deploy Private 5G in Brownsville, Texas
NTT selected to deploy Private 5G in Brownsville, Texas

NTT selected to deploy Private 5G in Brownsville, Texas

September 10, 2024 NTT

NTT Data has been selected by the City of Brownsville in Texas to deploy private 5G wireless connectivity across the city. It will build and manage a turnkey private 5G network with high-speed and low latency. In addition, NTT’s Smart Solutions will be deployed to deliver data analysis,...

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Read Oracle and AWS partner for Oracle Database@AWS
Oracle and AWS partner for Oracle Database@AWS

Oracle and AWS partner for Oracle Database@AWS

September 10, 2024 Amazon AWS

Oracle and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are launching Oracle Cloud offerings on Amazon's cloud platform. This solution enables customers to access Oracle Autonomous Database on dedicated infrastructure and Oracle Exadata Database Service within AWS. It will also allow customers to connect their...

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Read Gold Fields migrates to AWS
Gold Fields migrates to AWS

Gold Fields migrates to AWS

September 03, 2024 Amazon AWS

Mining company Gold Fields revealed at the recent AWS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa that it has migrated its SAP and treasury systems to Amazon Web Services. Gold Fields has been able to adopt advanced analytics, machine learning (ML), and generative artificial intelligence (AI)...

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Read STT GDC to pilot AI data center cooling control system
STT GDC to pilot AI data center cooling control system

STT GDC to pilot AI data center cooling control system

August 31, 2024 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has annunced plans to pilot an artificial intelligence-based autonomous control system for cooling. Daniel Pointon, group CTO at STT GDC, said: “Combining our expertise in delivering AI-ready data centers across major economic hubs with Phaidra’s...

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Read Open Compute begins trials with hyperscale companies to test green concrete
Open Compute begins trials with hyperscale companies to test green concrete

Open Compute begins trials with hyperscale companies to test green concrete

August 25, 2024 Google

The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) has announced a new collaboration with several hyperscale companies including Google, AWS, Meta, and Microsoft to test developing and deploying low-embodied carbon concrete, or “green concrete.” The initiative is in line with an open letter written by the...

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Read Bridge Data Centres acquires land in Johor, Malaysia for $22.4million
Bridge Data Centres acquires land in Johor, Malaysia for $22.4million

Bridge Data Centres acquires land in Johor, Malaysia for $22.4million

August 18, 2024 Bridge Data Centres

APAC data center operator Bridge Data Centres has acquired 20 acres of land in the Mukim of Plentong, District of Johor Bahru, State of Johor from real estate and construction holding company Paragon Globe Bhd (PGB) for a cash consideration of RM99 million ($22.4m). This is the second land deal...

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Read Google to invest $1bn Dallas data centers expansion
Google to invest $1bn Dallas data centers expansion

Google to invest $1bn Dallas data centers expansion

August 18, 2024 Google

Google has announced new data center investment plans for Dallas as it revealed plans to invest $1 billion in Texas this year through its data center campuses in Midlothian and Red Oak. The company said the investment would take its spending in the Lone Star State to $2.7 billion. Google said the...

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Read Equinix explores deployment of hydrogen fuel cells at Dublin data center
Equinix explores deployment of hydrogen fuel cells at Dublin data center

Equinix explores deployment of hydrogen fuel cells at Dublin data center

August 17, 2024 Equinix

Colocation firm Equinix is exploring deployment of hydrogen fuel cells at its data center in Dublin, Ireland. A spokesperson for the company noted that while a temporary demonstration pod was deployed at one of the company's sites on tour from ESB and GeoPura, is not a permanent deployment. Peter...

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Read NextDC launches new facility in Darwin
NextDC launches new facility in Darwin

NextDC launches new facility in Darwin

August 16, 2024 NEXTDC

Australian data center firm NextDC this week officially opened D1 data center in Darwin, developed in partnership with the Northern Territory Government and Vocus. NextDC CEO Craig Scroggie said: “D1 will play a pivotal role in accelerated computing and represents the next step towards achieving...

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Read Amazon plans data center expansion in Hyderabad, India
Amazon plans data center expansion in Hyderabad, India

Amazon plans data center expansion in Hyderabad, India

August 13, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has confirmed its plans to expand its data center presence in Hyderabad, India with investment in the Telangana region. The discussions were held in California in the US, and have seen AWS express a desire to expand its data center facilities and workforce in Hyderabad....

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Read Indosat and Google Cloud expand partnership for sovereign Indonesian cloud
Indosat and Google Cloud expand partnership for sovereign Indonesian cloud

Indosat and Google Cloud expand partnership for sovereign Indonesian cloud

August 13, 2024 Google

Indonesian telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership to create sovereign and Edge cloud services in Indonesia. The telco will offer Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) on-premises to customers in Indonesia via its data center arm. Customers will also have access...

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Read Equinix surpasses $1bn EBITDA for Q2
Equinix surpasses $1bn EBITDA for Q2

Equinix surpasses $1bn EBITDA for Q2

August 09, 2024 Equinix

Equinix has surpassed a $1 billion EBITDA in Q2 2024 for the first time, reaching $1.036bn. The company Equinix has surpassed a $1 billion EBITDA in Q2 2024 for the first time, reaching $1.036bn. Furthermore, the quarter's results saw operating income up 20 percent compared to the previous...

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Read NextDC receives Nvidia DGX-Ready data center certification
NextDC receives Nvidia DGX-Ready data center certification

NextDC receives Nvidia DGX-Ready data center certification

August 07, 2024 NEXTDC

Australian data center operator NextDC has received Nvidia DGX-Ready certification which enables the operator to support Australian organizations with digital infrastructure architectures designed for Nvidia's artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. NextDC's chief customer and commercial officer,...

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Read CtrlS acquires land for new data center in India
CtrlS acquires land for new data center in India

CtrlS acquires land for new data center in India

August 06, 2024 CtrlS Datacenters Ltd

CtrlS Datacenters has acquired a parcel of land in Patna, India for an Edge data center development on a site less than 300m from its' existing Patna DC1 data center in the Pataliputra Industrial Area. The company plans to invest around Rs 400 crore ($477.2m) in the facility, which will have 10MW...

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Read AWS revenue hits $26.3bn for Q2 2024
AWS revenue hits $26.3bn for Q2 2024

AWS revenue hits $26.3bn for Q2 2024

August 03, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) brought in $26.3 billion in revenue for Q2 2024, an 18.8 percent jump over last year. However, Amazon still recorded a slower growth rate than its main rivals, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, both of which saw growth of 29 percent in the quarter. The growth of AWS has...

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Read Google Cloud offers Y Combinator startups access to dedicated Nvidia GPU cluster
Google Cloud offers Y Combinator startups access to dedicated Nvidia GPU cluster

Google Cloud offers Y Combinator startups access to dedicated Nvidia GPU cluster

August 02, 2024 Google

Google Cloud has announced that it will be offering Y Combinator startups access to a subsidized cluster of Nvidia GPUs and Google's tensor processing units (TPUs) to build artificial intelligence (AI) models. Google will also be offering priority access to the Summer 2024 cohort of startups, as...

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Read Humana selects Google Cloud for its IT infrastructure
Humana  selects Google Cloud for its IT infrastructure

Humana selects Google Cloud for its IT infrastructure

July 31, 2024 Google

Humana Inc., a healthcare insurance company and Google Cloud have entered into an agreement which will see Humana modernizing its cloud infrastructure with Google Cloud, and using the Google's artificial intelligence technologies. Jim Rechtin, Humana CEO said: “Embracing technology solutions in...

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Read Jaguar's Formula E team selects Google Cloud as cloud partner
Jaguar's Formula E team selects Google Cloud as cloud partner

Jaguar's Formula E team selects Google Cloud as cloud partner

July 27, 2024 Google

Jaguar's Formula E team has selected Google Cloud as cloud partner and will be using Google Cloud's artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing technologies both on and off the track during the 2024/25 season. James Barclay, managing director of JLR Motorsport and Jagar TCS racing team...

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Read Equinix announces expansion into the Philippines with three data centers
Equinix announces expansion into the Philippines with three data centers

Equinix announces expansion into the Philippines with three data centers

July 23, 2024 Equinix

Equinix this week announced that it will be entering into the Philippines market after purchasing three facilities from Total Information Management, a local technology solutions provider. This deal comprises three carrier-neutral and interconnection-rich data centers with more than 1,000...

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