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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 Google signs solar deal in Nebraska
Google signs solar deal in Nebraska

Google signs solar deal in Nebraska

September 19, 2024 Google

Google revealed this week that it has worked with Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) on a procurement framework that enables Google to supply carbon-free energy to OPPD. The search giant signed a deal with NextEra Energy to offtake from the Pierce County Energy Center a 420MW solar system and a...

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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 Penta Infra plans new data center in Copenhagen, Denmark
Penta Infra plans new data center in Copenhagen, Denmark

Penta Infra plans new data center in Copenhagen, Denmark

September 06, 2024 Penta Infra

European data center firm Penta Infra has announced the acquisition of a site that will be developed into a 20,000 sqm (215,280 sq ft) data center, delivering 20MW of IT load. This will be the company's second facility in the Danish capital. Penta acquired its Glostrup, Copenhagen, data center –...

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Read Mubadala invests in data center developer Yondr Group
Mubadala invests in data center developer Yondr Group

Mubadala invests in data center developer Yondr Group

August 25, 2024 Yondr Group

Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala has invested in data center developer Yondr via an existing investment by US asset manager Apollo. Mubadala said its investment will support Yondr’s growth strategy amid increased demand for hyperscale data centers. It has also invested in global fiber...

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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 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 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 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 Google launches air-gapped GDC hardware
Google launches air-gapped GDC hardware

Google launches air-gapped GDC hardware

July 20, 2024 Google

Google has launched an air-gapped version of its Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) hardware for AI which will enable enterprises to use cloud infrastructure for AI workloads in challenging environments outside of Google's data centers. Sachin Gupta, Google Cloud's general manager for infrastructure...

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Read Google signs new digital infrastructure and cloud computing MoU
Google signs new digital infrastructure and cloud computing MoU

Google signs new digital infrastructure and cloud computing MoU

July 18, 2024 Google

Google has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Romania and the company for ‘projects in digital infrastructure, innovation, and research.’ Local press has also reported that Google is in negotiations to invest $2 billion in developing data centers in the country....

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Read Vodafone and Ericsson to deploy new antennas in Germany
Vodafone and Ericsson to deploy new antennas in Germany

Vodafone and Ericsson to deploy new antennas in Germany

July 15, 2024 Vodafone

Vodafone Germany in an announcement this week revealed that it has partnered with vendor Ericsson to deploy compact 5G antennas and the first compact 5G antenna was deployed on a parking garage in Düsseldorf."Strong winds put pressure on the antenna surfaces mounted on roofs. The more mobile...

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Read Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone sign 10-year etwork-sharing agreement
Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone sign 10-year  etwork-sharing agreement

Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone sign 10-year etwork-sharing agreement

July 03, 2024 Vodafone

Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone have signed a new network-sharing deal in the UK which also includes plans for Virgin Media O2 to acquire spectrum from Vodafone, which could help the latter gain regulatory approval for its merger with Three."We are extending and bolstering elements of our existing...

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Read Google signs new wind PPAs in Belgium
Google signs new wind PPAs in Belgium

Google signs new wind PPAs in Belgium

July 03, 2024 Google

Google has signed five new Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) totaling more than 118MW to procure wind energy in Belgium from Engie. Google will procure another 92MW from a Belgian wind farm in operation for eight years.Vincent Verbeke, CEO of Engie Belgium, said: “We are pleased to partner with...

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Read Vantage closes $9.2bn equity raise
Vantage closes $9.2bn equity raise

Vantage closes $9.2bn equity raise

June 14, 2024 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers revealed this week that it had completed a $9.2 billion equity investment led by investment vehicles managed by DigitalBridge and Silver Lake.“It’s exciting to experience such strong investor demand to fuel our unprecedented growth across North America and EMEA,” said Sureel...

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Read Google signs new power supply deal with Nevada Energy
Google signs new power supply deal with Nevada Energy

Google signs new power supply deal with Nevada Energy

June 14, 2024 Google

Google has signed a new type of power supply deal with Nevada utility company NV Energy. Dubbed a “clean transition tariff," it will see NV Energy procure 115MW of renewable energy from a geothermal power plant run by Fervo Energy.In a joint blog post on the deal, Amanda Peterson Corio, Google’s...

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Read Google partners with Purdue University for low-carbon data center construction
Google partners with Purdue University for low-carbon data center construction

Google partners with Purdue University for low-carbon data center construction

June 01, 2024 Google

Google has partnered with Purdue University, Indiana, on a project exploring the use of AI in designing low-carbon data centers and other industrial buildings. The project will deploy AI to explore new materials, technologies, and design strategies that can potentially reduce the carbon footprint...

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