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Read Apple and Google rally against Ireland's proposed moratorium on new data centers
Apple and Google rally against Ireland's proposed moratorium on new data centers

Apple and Google rally against Ireland's proposed moratorium on new data centers

July 28, 2021 Google

Last month, the People Before Profit party in Ireland proposed an amendment to the Planning and Development act, to place a moratorium on new data centers being built. This proposal follows Ireland's Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), launching a consultation on data center grid...

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Read Google to migrate parts of YouTube to Google Cloud
Google to migrate parts of YouTube to Google Cloud

Google to migrate parts of YouTube to Google Cloud

June 04, 2021 Google

Google has decided to migrate some of its YouTube infrastructure to its own Google Cloud Service. Initially, many of Google’s key services like YouTube and its search engine are being hosted on internal infrastructure that isn’t Google Cloud Computing Service (GCP). Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google...

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Read Google opens quantum computer data center and R&D lab, plans commercial system by 2029
Google opens quantum computer data center and R&D lab, plans commercial system by 2029

Google opens quantum computer data center and R&D lab, plans commercial system by 2029

May 19, 2021 Google

Google just opened its new Quantum campus, which houses its quantum computers and serves as a Research and Development lab for future developments. The latest data center campus is located in Santa Barbara County, California. Google is also planning to spend billions of dollars on building a...

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Read Google plans to use greener energy by moving workloads between data centers
Google plans to use greener energy by moving workloads between data centers

Google plans to use greener energy by moving workloads between data centers

May 18, 2021 Google

Google will be moving workloads to data centers where renewable energy is available to boost renewable energy usage. Ross Koningstein, Co-founder of Google’s Carbon Intelligence Computing program, said that shifting compute tasks across locations is the Company’s first step in carbon-aware...

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Read Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity
Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity

Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity

May 15, 2021 Google

Google Cloud and SpaceX have announced that they have entered a new partnership which will see SpaceX's Starlink begin to locate its satellite ground stations within Google data centers. Together, through the partnership, the two firms will deliver cloud services, data and applications to...

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Read Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020
Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020

Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020

April 15, 2020 Google

Google has announced a significant slow down in new staff hires. Bloomberg published an email from CEO Sundar Pichai which details its plan to recalibrate hiring because of the economic slowdown. In 2019, Google hired 20,000 people and had planned to hire an additional 20,000 employees. The...

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Read Indiana Signs New Tax Exemption Law to Spur Data Center Construction
Indiana Signs New Tax Exemption Law to Spur Data Center Construction

Indiana Signs New Tax Exemption Law to Spur Data Center Construction

May 30, 2019 Indiana

On June 27nd 2019 Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed into law the Indiana Data Center Sales Tax Exemption as an incentive to lure more data center construction to the state. The new legislation pushed by Digital Crossroads and other data centers in Indiana. The Data Center Gross Retail and Use...

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Read Google's Curie Cable System to Land at Equinix LA4 (PR)
Google's Curie Cable System to Land at Equinix LA4 (PR)

Google's Curie Cable System to Land at Equinix LA4 (PR)

February 07, 2019 Google

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that Google has selected Equinix for its Los Angeles area cable landing station (CLS) supporting the Curie subsea cable system, the first subsea cable to Chile in...

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