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Meta Will Terminate 10,000 More Workers

After letting go of around 11,000 workers in the latter part of last year, Meta aims to let go of about 10,000 individuals. As part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 'Year of Efficiency' appeal to investors to improve a falling share price, the corporation will also eliminate 5,000 unfilled position...

March 15, 2023

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Southwest Airlines Transitions to Amazon Web Services

Southwest Airlines, situated in the US, has said that it is transferring its applications to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company claimed that the choice was made as part of its digital transformation project, which aims to enhance the passenger experience, increase operational effectiven...

March 14, 2023

Amazon AWS

More layoffs in store at Meta

Meta's job cuts continue, with the announcement last week that the giant is driving forward with its so-called "year of efficiency." CEO Mark Zuckerberg first announced massive cuts back in November; now, thousands more are set to be laid off. According to experts, while the first cuts were a...

March 13, 2023

Meta

Amazon Buys a Facility in Santa Clara, California

An old insulation plant in Santa Clara, California, has been purchased by Amazon. According to documents cited by BizJournal, Amazon paid $237.8 million for the land, which is situated at 960 Central Expressway, slightly west of San Jose Mineta International Airport. It's unknown what the firm...

March 10, 2023

Amazon AWS

Microsoft to expand its footprint in San Antonio

Microsoft has announced its plans to invest $175.9 million in a massive new data center in San Antonio. Named “SAT40,” the facility was recently filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.According to the filing, the facility will be based at Lambda Drive in the Texas Researc...

March 09, 2023

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Defra Secures a $2 Million Contract With AWS

The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have inked a $25 million contract. Under the terms of the agreement, Amazon will provide Defra with cloud hosting, its bring-your-own-license software management solution, as well as support, manage...

March 09, 2023

Amazon AWS

Amazon Suspends It’s Headquarters Development in Northern Virginia

Amazon has temporarily halted the building of its massive new facility in Northern Virginia. Company officials stated that layoffs and the popularity of working from home were reasons for halting development. Metropolitan Park, a 2.1 million square foot building with two office towers, will be...

March 09, 2023

Amazon AWS

DigitalBridge Selling Vantage Data Centers Minority Interest

Inquiries are being made by DigitalBridge Group about selling a small portion of Vantage Data Centers. The CEO of DigitalBridge, Marc Ganzi, stated on the company's most recent quarterly results call that it wanted to raise more money while also focusing on the deconsolidation more of its "...

March 09, 2023

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Stack Infrastructure Will Raise $250 Million to Expand Its Data Center

Stack Infrastructure plans to seek $250 million for data center expansion. The Stack Infrastructure Issuer will provide the funding, 2023-1, through the securitization of income connected to lease obligations and electrical capacity at 8 wholesale data centers in seven U.S. states. S&P Glo...

March 08, 2023

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Amazon Stopped Paying For Ads Because Twitter Failed To Pay Its AWS Bill

After Elon Musk acquired Twitter, the company ceased paying landlords, cleaning, and software providers for services done. But, according to The Information, the corporation has failed to pay its Amazon Web Services payments for months, despite using the cloud provider for crucial components o...

March 06, 2023

Amazon AWS

AWS announces new cloud region in Malaysia

AWS has launched a new AWS infrastructure Region in Malaysia, and through this, has outlined its intention to invest $6 billion (MYR 25.5 billion) in Malaysia by 2037. According to AWS, to begin with, the region will consist of three Availability Zones. Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of ...

March 05, 2023

Amazon AWS

Microsoft International Data enter Battery-sharing

Microsoft wants to duplicate a Dublin data center battery-sharing agreement. In 2022, Eaton unveiled a lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) with grid-interactive UPS to exchange energy with the local grid. The corporation told a London conference that this technique was ideal for t...

February 26, 2023

Microsoft Azure

QTS plans for Northland data center in question

Following speculation that QTS Realty Trust Inc. was the company seeking new development within Rocky Branch Creek Technology Park, and later confirmation, it looks like the company's Northland data center plans have now fallen through.The company was reportedly set to acquire the property nor...

February 24, 2023

QTS Data Centers

Amazon data center protests fail to stop development getting green light

Amazon's plans to expand its data center footprint in Northern Virginia, with a huge investment of $35 billion, is continuing to receive pushback from protestors and residents. Northern Virginia has the largest concentration of data centers in the world, being the epicenter of a data center bo...

February 24, 2023

Amazon AWS

Meta Sells Mesa Property to EdgeCore Data Centers

Meta has sold a property in Mesa, Arizona, to the developer of data centers, EdgeCore Internet Real Estate, for $1.2 million. The lot, situated at 3856 S. Everton Terrace and comprising approximately 15 acres of land, has been acquired by EdgeCore as part of its substantial investment in th...

February 24, 2023

Meta

Data Center Company US Signal Has Been Bought by Igneo Infrastructure Partners

Data center and network services company US Signal has been fully acquired by investment firm Igneo Infrastructure Partners. The investment, which was initially disclosed in September 2022, is Igneo's first in the US telecommunications and digital infrastructure industry. In light of the trans...

February 23, 2023

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AWS's announces Modular Data Center for Defense Department

AWS has announced AWS Modular Data Center (MDC) availability to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), meaning that the department will be able to more easily deploy modular data centers managed by AWS in infrastructure-limited locations. Through the MDCs, DoD customers will be provided with s...

February 20, 2023

Amazon AWS

Amazon fuel cells at Oregon data centers would use natural gas

It has been revealed that in Oregon, Amazon is planning to power at least three of its Oregon data centers with natural gas fuel cells. That said, the number could be as high as seven. Amazon proposes the fuel cell technology it will use will oxidize the fossil fuel to generate electricity. Ho...

February 20, 2023

Amazon AWS

Construction Of a Data Center By CyrusOne Has Begun In Quincy, Washington

CyrusOne is building a data center in Quincy, Washington. The corporation has a 45-acre block of land in the city of Washington State and has made it known that it intends to construct a campus there with built-to-suit buildings and a capacity of up to 96MW. The Columbia Basin Herald noted ...

February 20, 2023

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Compass Submits Revised PW Digital Gateway Data Center Campus Proposal

Compass Data Centers has resubmitted its designs for a huge Prince William County data center project. The firm and QTS are developing more than 20 million sq ft of data centers for the PW Digital Gateway project. This month, Compass amended its June 2022 rezoning proposal with further deta...

February 18, 2023

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