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Read Intelsat signs deal to lease capacity on Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellites
Intelsat signs deal to lease capacity on Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellites

Intelsat signs deal to lease capacity on Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellites

March 26, 2024 Sweden

Intelsat recently announced that it has signed a new multi-year, multimillion-dollar agreement partnership with Intelsat on its OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.This deal is valued at up to $500 million over seven years, with a firm commitment of $250m (including a previous $45m deal...

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Read Swedish telco Telia names new president and CEO
Swedish telco Telia names new president and CEO

Swedish telco Telia names new president and CEO

October 18, 2023 Sweden

Swedish telco Telia Company has named Patrik Hofbauer as its new president and CEO, bringing the company's search for a CEO since July to an end. The board of directors agreed with the decision to appoint Hofbauer, and he will be leaving his role as CEO of the gambling firm Svenska Spel to begin...

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Read Sweden's nuclear-powered facility will power data centers
Sweden's nuclear-powered facility will power data centers

Sweden's nuclear-powered facility will power data centers

September 11, 2023 Sweden

Karnfull Next, a Swedish nuclear corporation, has announced plans for a campus of small modular reactors (SMRs) on the Swedish coast that will power data centers. The company intends to construct the facility in Nykoping, on the Swedish east coast, where the nuclear software company Studsvik...

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Read Genesis launches cryptomine in Sweden
Genesis launches cryptomine in Sweden

Genesis launches cryptomine in Sweden

August 24, 2023 Sweden

Genesis Digital Assets Limited (GDA) has established a crypto mining data center in northern Sweden. Located near the 417 MW Porjus hydroelectric power station, the current capacity of this facility is 8MW, but expansion is planned for the future. It was previously used as a 'traditional' data...

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Read Evroc aims to raise $3.2 billion for tw hyperscale data centers
Evroc aims to raise $3.2 billion for tw hyperscale data centers

Evroc aims to raise $3.2 billion for tw hyperscale data centers

June 08, 2023 Sweden

A new Swedish startup called Evroc intends to open several large data centers throughout Europe. In its pre-seed round, the company raised $13.9 million, but it hopes to raise $3.2 billion in the following two years to build and run two hyperscale data centers in Europe. Long-term, Evroc aims to...

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Read Kentucky GE Data Facility For Sale or Lease
Kentucky GE Data Facility For Sale or Lease

Kentucky GE Data Facility For Sale or Lease

February 20, 2023 Kentucky

GE Appliances is offering its data center in Louisville, Kentucky, for purchase or lease. General Electric has hired JLL, according to a report this week, to market the data center at 4000 Buechel Bank Road in the 1,000-acre GE Appliance Park in Jefferson District for sale or lease. The GE Data...

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Read KY lawmakers to introduce tax incentives for data center giants
KY lawmakers to introduce tax incentives for data center giants

KY lawmakers to introduce tax incentives for data center giants

February 25, 2022 Kentucky

Kentucky lawmakers are reportedly considering a proposal that would see millions of dollars in state sales tax breaks awarded to tech giants such as Amazon, Facebook, Google and others. This proposed huge tax break has, of course, garnered discussion and a wave of opposition from a number of...

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Read Court grants Google's subsidiary, DSC International AB, permission for data center in Sweden
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Court grants Google's subsidiary, DSC International AB, permission for data center in Sweden

June 25, 2021 Sweden

Sweden’s Land and Environment Court at Nacka District Court has granted Google’s subsidiary, DSC International AB, permission to build a data center in Horndal, Sweden. Although Google said the land was a potential data center location when they acquired the 109-hectare site in 2017, they said...

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Read Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden
Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

March 25, 2019 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 Stockholm....

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