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Read AWS and e& sign $1bn cloud agreement
AWS and e& sign $1bn cloud agreement

AWS and e& sign $1bn cloud agreement

October 19, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and UAE-based telco e& have signed a $1 billion cloud agreement in the Middle East, combining AWS' cloud infrastructure and solutions with e& networking capabilities with an aim to offer cloud services to customers in the public sector and heavily regulated...

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Read Google Quantum AI invests in QuEra
Google Quantum AI invests in QuEra

Google Quantum AI invests in QuEra

October 14, 2024 Google

Google Quantum AI has invested an undisclosed sum in quantum startup QuEra. In a statement, the neutral-atom quantum computing company said the investment will help it “accelerate technology advancements” such as developing scalable and fault-tolerant quantum computers. Commenting on the...

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Read Google Distributed Cloud expands partnership to add NetApp offerings
Google Distributed Cloud expands partnership to add NetApp offerings

Google Distributed Cloud expands partnership to add NetApp offerings

October 03, 2024 Google

NetApp and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership, integrating NetApp's unified data storage and intelligent services into its Distributed Cloud architecture. The companies aim to help public sectors and regulated industries access artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure while meeting...

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Read Alva to use Google Cloud as primary cloud provider
Alva to use Google Cloud as primary cloud provider

Alva to use Google Cloud as primary cloud provider

October 01, 2024 Google

Indonesian electric motorcycle company Alva has selected Google Cloud as its primary cloud service provider and plans to use Google Cloud's artificial intelligence (AI) optimized infrastructure for innovation across R&D, customer service, productivity, and marketing. Alva will also look into...

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Read DNeX and Google Cloud to develop sovereign cloud in Malaysia
DNeX and Google Cloud to develop sovereign cloud in Malaysia

DNeX and Google Cloud to develop sovereign cloud in Malaysia

September 30, 2024 Google

Dagang NeXchange Berhad (DNeX) and Google Cloud have signed a deal to deliver sovereign cloud services to Malaysia and will operate the Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) offering as a managed GDC provider, bringing a sovereign cloud offering to the country. Karan Bajwa, vice president for Asia...

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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 AWS signs custom chip deal with Intel
AWS signs custom chip deal with Intel

AWS signs custom chip deal with Intel

September 18, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has entered into a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar contract with Intel to develop custom chip designs. Following the terms of this agreement, Intel will produce an AI fabric chip for AWS on Intel 18A, and produce a custom Xeon 6 chip on Intel 3. Intel has long developed...

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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 Oracle and AWS partner for Oracle Database@AWS
Oracle and AWS partner for Oracle Database@AWS

Oracle and AWS partner for Oracle Database@AWS

September 10, 2024 Amazon AWS

Oracle and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are launching Oracle Cloud offerings on Amazon's cloud platform. This solution enables customers to access Oracle Autonomous Database on dedicated infrastructure and Oracle Exadata Database Service within AWS. It will also allow customers to connect their...

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Read Gold Fields migrates to AWS
Gold Fields migrates to AWS

Gold Fields migrates to AWS

September 03, 2024 Amazon AWS

Mining company Gold Fields revealed at the recent AWS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa that it has migrated its SAP and treasury systems to Amazon Web Services. Gold Fields has been able to adopt advanced analytics, machine learning (ML), and generative artificial intelligence (AI)...

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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 Amazon plans data center expansion in Hyderabad, India
Amazon plans data center expansion in Hyderabad, India

Amazon plans data center expansion in Hyderabad, India

August 13, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has confirmed its plans to expand its data center presence in Hyderabad, India with investment in the Telangana region. The discussions were held in California in the US, and have seen AWS express a desire to expand its data center facilities and workforce in Hyderabad....

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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 AWS revenue hits $26.3bn for Q2 2024
AWS revenue hits $26.3bn for Q2 2024

AWS revenue hits $26.3bn for Q2 2024

August 03, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) brought in $26.3 billion in revenue for Q2 2024, an 18.8 percent jump over last year. However, Amazon still recorded a slower growth rate than its main rivals, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, both of which saw growth of 29 percent in the quarter. The growth of AWS has...

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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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