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AWS to Invest $7bn in Data Centers in Hyderabad, India

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed an agreement with the Government of Telangana to significantly expand its data center footprint in the Indian state. AWS will invest $7 billion in its cloud infrastructure in Hyderabad over the next 14 years.A. Revanth Reddy, Telangana's Chief Minister, sai...

December 12, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Microsoft Signs 3.6 Million Ton Carbon Removal Deal

Microsoft has signed a carbon removal deal with low-carbon fuel firm Beaver Lake Renewable Energy for 3.6 million tons of carbon removal units (CRU) over a 12-year period. The carbon removal units will be delivered from the company’s Beaver Lake biomethanol plant near Pineville, Louisiana, whi...

December 10, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Plans $17.5bn AI Infrastructure Investment in India

Microsoft revealed today that it would be spending $17.5 billion on AI infrastructure in India during the next four years starting in 2026, as well as a $5.42bn pledge to Canada in the next two years. A post on X by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said: "Thank you, PM Narendra Modi, for an inspiri...

December 09, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

AWS and Google Cloud Partner on Multicloud Networking

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud are teaming up on a multicloud networking solution. Rob Enns, and AWS' VP of network services, Robert Kennedy, the two aim to help create a "more open" cloud environment wherein Google and AWS can connect with one another in a "simplified manner."Acco...

December 05, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

BlackRock Brings Aladdin Investment Platform to AWS

Investment management company BlackRock is teaming up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring its Asset, Liability, Debt, and Derivative Investment Network (Aladdin) platform to the cloud. “Our Aladdin clients are seeking open, flexible platforms that can adapt to their operating models and sc...

December 03, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Vantage Launches Final Building at Cyberjaya Data Center Campus

Vantage Data Centers this week announced that its fourth facility (KUL14) on the company’s first Cyberjaya campus in Malaysia is now operational. The 16MW data center is fully leased to a single unnamed customer.“We are thrilled to welcome our customer to KUL14 and support their expanding busi...

December 01, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Vantage Data Centers

Amazon Announces $15bn Data Center & AI Investment Plan

Amazon is to invest $15 billion in data center & AI infrastructure in Indiana. This is in addition to the $11 billion investment announced last year in St. Joseph County. The company said it aims to add 2.4GW of capacity in the region, expanding to new sites in the Hoosier State.“These fac...

November 28, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Google Cloud Secures Sovereign Cloud Contract with NATO

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) has signed an agreement with Google Cloud that will see the latter delivering sovereign cloud capabilities. The NCIA will use Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), Google's on-premises offering that sees Google hardware deployed in a customer's da...

November 26, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

Vodacom to Migrate Data Assets to Google Cloud

Pan-African telco Vodacom is set to partner with Google Cloud, migrating its data platforms to Google Cloud, as well as adopting Google's AI capabilities. The migration will enable Vodacom to unify its data assets and use AI to improve its operational efficiency and offer new AI-powered servic...

November 26, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

Google to Build Australia-Thailand Subsea Cable

Google this week announced TalayLink, a new subsea cable connecting Australia and Thailand to “significantly increase the reach, reliability, and resilience of digital connectivity across Asia Pacific and around the world.”As part of the project, Google is also planning new connectivity hubs i...

November 24, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

Penzance Secures AWS as Tenant for Virginia Facility

Real estate firm Penzance this week announced that Amazon will lease the 45MW, 240,000 sq ft (22,296 sqm) facility, located at 4151 Autopark Circle in Chantilly. Construction work has started and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2027. The facility will utilize air-cooled system...

November 24, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Majestic Labs Raises $100m for All In One Servers

An AI server startup founded by former Google and Meta executives emerged from stealth earlier this month following a $100 million Series A funding round. According to the company, its all-in-one server is capable of handling the largest AI workloads that currently require multiple racks of se...

November 22, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

Vantage Finalizes $1.6bn Investment into APAC Platform

Vantage Data Centers has finalized a $1.6bn investment into its APAC platform using to acquire Yondr’s JHB1 campus in the southern peninsular Malaysian state of Johor. The facility sits on a 73-acre land parcel, and Vantage intends to expand the data center to deliver more than 300MW of capaci...

November 22, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Vantage Data Centers

Edged Breaks Ground on Second Chicago Faciity

Data center firm Edged has broken ground on a second data center in Chicago, Illinois. Located at 2835 Bilter Road, the new facility will be purpose-built for high-density AI workloads and feature advanced closed-loop, waterless cooling. The facility will go live in Q2 2027.“Safety and perform...

November 21, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Edged Energy

AWS and Humain Expand Partnership

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Saudi Arabia's Humain have expanded their partnership to include the deployment of some 150,000 AI chips. The AI chips will include Nvidia GB300s and AWS' Trainium AI chips, and will be used for both training and inference workloads. In addition to the deployment,...

November 20, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Google Inks 100MW Solar PPA in Grant County, Arkansas

Google has signed a 100MW Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Treaty Oak Clean Energy (TOCE) for power from the Redfield Solar Project, Grant County, Arkansas. The power generated is expected to support the company’s data center portfolio across the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MI...

November 17, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

Vast Data Partners with Google Cloud for AI Solutions

Vast Data has signed agreements with Google Cloud and CoreWeave for its Vast AI Operating System. The AI storage and platform provider will, with Google Cloud, make its AI OS available as a fully managed service across hybrid environments, while CoreWeave has expanded its ongoing contract with...

November 17, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

Google Signs 15-year PPA with TotalEnergies in Ohio

Google has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with French energy firm TotalEnergies for power from a solar farm in Williams County, Ohio. Under the terms of the PPA, Total will supply Google with 1.5TWh of power from the 49MW Montpelier solar farm, which is expected to reach opera...

November 17, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

Amazon’s Kuiper Satellite Venture Rebrands to Amazon Leo

Amazon has rebranded its satellite venture from Project Kuiper to simply Amazon Leo. The company currently has more than 150 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites in orbit, with several thousand more planned in the coming years.“Like most early Amazon projects, the program needed a code name, and t...

November 15, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Google and Turkcell Partner on Data Center in Türkiye

Turkcell and Google Cloud are teaming up to establish a cloud region in Turkey (officially known as Türkiye). Turkcell will "collaborate with Google Cloud to deliver the infrastructure required for a planned new Google Cloud region in Türkiye," consisting of three or more zones.Turkcell estima...

November 12, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

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