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Microsoft Partners with Norden to Cut Scope 3 Maritime Emissions by 10k tons

Microsoft has partnered with Danish shipping company Norden to cut its Scope 3 CO2 emissions by approximately 10,000 tons over three years. Both companies will collaborate on a pilot project, utilizing Norden’s biofuel book and claim solution which allows companies that rely on maritime transp...

May 26, 2025

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Microsoft to Purchase Carbon Removal Credits from Exomad Green

Microsoft has reached a deal to purchase 1.24 million tons of carbon removal credits from Exomad Green, in the largest biochar removal agreement to date. The ten-year deal will see the tech giant purchase removal credits generated from Exomad's biochar operations in Concepción and Riberalta, B...

May 24, 2025

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Penta Infra Data Center to Supply Waste Heat to Heating Network

European operator Penta Infra this week signed a letter of intent to supply residual heat from its Leeuwarden data center to a new sustainable heat network being developed at the De Zwette IV business park.“This project is a great example of how local collaboration can turn sustainability ambi...

May 24, 2025

Penta Infra

Microsoft Confirms Provision of AI and Cloud Services to Israeli Military

Microsoft has confirmed that it sold AI and cloud computing services to the Israeli military during the ongoing war in Gaza, though it denies its technology was used to harm people. The cloud company released a statement on May 15 in response to "concerns from our employees and the public" abo...

May 22, 2025

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Digital Realty to Purchase 5.1MW of Solar Energy from Summit Ridge Energy

Colo data center developer Digital Realty has signed an agreement to purchase 5.1MW of solar power from Summit Ridge Energy. The solar projects are part of Summit Ridge’s broader portfolio of solar assets across the state of Illinois. According to the company, its Illinois portfolio has a comb...

May 22, 2025

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AtNorth Secures Swedish AI Cloud Provider as Customer

Nordic data center firm atNorth this week announced it will host infrastructure that will support the development of a National AI Cloud in partnership with 6G AI Sweden.The National AI Cloud will reportedly “ensure data sovereignty under Swedish jurisdiction and will be fully compliant with G...

May 20, 2025

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Microsoft to Purchase 1.5 Million Tons of Carbon Removal Credits in India

Microsoft has agreed to purchase 1.5 million tons of carbon removal credits over the next 30 years from a large-scale afforestation project in India. The agreement was signed with Climate Impact Partners, a provider of carbon markets solutions, and Terra Natural Capital, a firm that offers cli...

March 14, 2025

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Riot Platforms plans expansion into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads

Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms is considering an expansion into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads and has appointed three new directors to its board to evaluate whether spare capacity can be repurposed.Riot, which develops some of the largest mining facilities in t...

February 12, 2025

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Microsoft acquires land in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for data center development

Microsoft has purchased another 240 acres of land in Wisconsin for data center projects. The land in question is nearby to Microsoft's existing Mount Pleasant project, construction on which was "paused" at the start of this year. At the time, Microsoft said: “We have paused early construction ...

January 30, 2025

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Uranium prices hit all-time high

Uranium prices have hit an all-time high, with artificial intelligence data centers driving increased demand for nuclear fuel. comes as large data center operators have begun prioritizing nuclear power as a crucial energy source for their operations. According to an FT report, the price of enr...

January 15, 2025

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Microsoft to expand cloud offering in Luxembourg

Microsoft is planning to expand its cloud computing services in Luxembourg through its Microsoft Belux (Belgium-Luxembourg) department. This will give Luxembourg-based customers access to Microsoft's cloud computing offerings while maintaining data sovereignty and reducing latency.In a report ...

January 09, 2025

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Penta Infra gets pension fund PGGM

PGGM, which invests on behalf of Dutch pension fund PFZW, has acquired a 49 percent stake in the European data center provider from Photon Capital, an investor that has been involved with Penta Infra since its inception.Bob Sprengers, CEO at Penta Infra, said: "We are proud to welcome PGGM as...

January 02, 2025

Penta Infra

Penta Infra bags new investors

PGGM, which invests on behalf of Dutch pension fund PFZW, has acquired a 49 percent stake in the European data center provider from Photon Capital, an investor that has been involved with Penta Infra since its inception. Bob Sprengers, CEO at Penta Infra, said: "We are proud to welcome PGGM a...

December 20, 2024

Penta Infra

Microsoft launches local Azure zones in Australia

Microsoft this week that it will make a "significant extension of its global data center footprint to Western Australia (WA) to help meet the growing demand for cloud and AI services across the state and support economic growth." The expansion will see Microsoft deploy an Azure Extended Zone t...

December 16, 2024

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Microsoft launches New Zealand cloud region

Microsoft, today, has launched its first cloud region in New Zealand located in Aotearoa. This region will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy and use air cooling technology. The company first announced plans to develop a data center region in New Zealand in May 2020, receiving approval...

December 13, 2024

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Microsoft launches New Zealand cloud region

Microsoft, today, has launched its first cloud region in New Zealand located in Aotearoa. This region will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy and use air cooling technology. The company first announced plans to develop a data center region in New Zealand in May 2020, receiving approval...

December 12, 2024

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DataBox takes over Digital Realty's cloud service in Croatia

Croatian cloud solutions and data center provider DataBox has taken over Digital Realty's cloud services in the country. This move will enable Digital Realty to "realign" its offering in Croatia and focus on acting as an infrastructure provider instead of a cloud service provider in the countr...

November 27, 2024

Digital Realty Trust

Microsoft plans two data centers outside Cologne

Microsoft is to build two data centers near Cologne as part of a major German investment program. The company is developing data centers in Bergheim and Bedburg, two towns to the west of Cologne in the Rhein-Erft district."The establishment of a hyperscale data center campus from Microsoft is ...

November 27, 2024

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Coles Group and Microsoft sign five-year cloud

Aussie retailer Coles Group has signed a five-year partnership with Microsoft for cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Coles will be using Microsoft's cloud, AI, and Edge computing offerings to develop an AI-as-a-Service platform and to modernize its IT estate. The agreement is ho...

November 26, 2024

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Microsoft's AI VP Luis Vargas quits

Microsoft's vice president of AI, Luis Vargas, has quit the technology giant and will now be the founder and CTO of a new AI startup, details of which have yet to be revealed."I feel extremely fortunate to have worked with exceptional people on many exciting things, from introducing HA/DR in S...

November 14, 2024

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