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Read STT GDC India names Bimal Khandelwal as new CEO
STT GDC India names Bimal Khandelwal as new CEO

STT GDC India names Bimal Khandelwal as new CEO

September 17, 2024 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has appointed Bimal Khandelwal as the new CEO of its India business. He has previously served as the CFO for STT GDC India. Prior to that, he worked in the telecoms, financial services, and IT sectors, including at Tata Teleservices. He is to succeed...

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Read NTT selected to deploy Private 5G in Brownsville, Texas
NTT selected to deploy Private 5G in Brownsville, Texas

NTT selected to deploy Private 5G in Brownsville, Texas

September 10, 2024 NTT

NTT Data has been selected by the City of Brownsville in Texas to deploy private 5G wireless connectivity across the city. It will build and manage a turnkey private 5G network with high-speed and low latency. In addition, NTT’s Smart Solutions will be deployed to deliver data analysis,...

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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 Microsoft signs rooftop solar PPA in Singapore
Microsoft signs rooftop solar PPA in Singapore

Microsoft signs rooftop solar PPA in Singapore

September 05, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement with EDP Renewables (EDPR) to purchase 100 percent of the renewable energy exported to the grid from the energy firm's 200MWp SolarNova 8 project. EDPR said phase eight of the SolarNova program is both the largest solar project in Singapore...

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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 STT GDC to pilot AI data center cooling control system
STT GDC to pilot AI data center cooling control system

STT GDC to pilot AI data center cooling control system

August 31, 2024 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has annunced plans to pilot an artificial intelligence-based autonomous control system for cooling. Daniel Pointon, group CTO at STT GDC, said: “Combining our expertise in delivering AI-ready data centers across major economic hubs with Phaidra’s...

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Read Microsoft signs new renewable energy deal in India
Microsoft signs new renewable energy deal in India

Microsoft signs new renewable energy deal in India

August 29, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft this week announced the signing of a green attribute sale contract of 437.6MW with Indian renewable energy firm ReNew in a deal said to be amongst India's largest corporate renewable agreements. As part of the agreement, ReNew will direct approximately $15 million of revenue from the...

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Read Microsoft petitioned for illegally dumping waste in local lake
Microsoft petitioned for illegally dumping waste in local lake

Microsoft petitioned for illegally dumping waste in local lake

August 25, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Residents in Mekagunda, a village near Indian tech hotspot Hyderabad have filed a petition against Microsoft, and 35 other companies and government bodies in Telangana's High Court, alleging that Microsoft has illegally occupied land beyond its property, and is dumping industrial waste into a...

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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 Microsoft partners with Palantir on AI for US defense and intelligence Community
Microsoft  partners with Palantir on AI for US defense and intelligence Community

Microsoft partners with Palantir on AI for US defense and intelligence Community

August 11, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft and Palantir Technologies are teaming up to provide cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), and analytics capabilities to the US Defense and Intelligence Community units to help them access Microsoft's large language models (LLMs) via Azure OpenAI Service within Palantir's AI Platforms...

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Read CtrlS acquires land for new data center in India
CtrlS acquires land for new data center in India

CtrlS acquires land for new data center in India

August 06, 2024 CtrlS Datacenters Ltd

CtrlS Datacenters has acquired a parcel of land in Patna, India for an Edge data center development on a site less than 300m from its' existing Patna DC1 data center in the Pataliputra Industrial Area. The company plans to invest around Rs 400 crore ($477.2m) in the facility, which will have 10MW...

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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 Microsoft signs carbon removal deal in California with 3Degrees
Microsoft signs carbon removal deal in California with 3Degrees

Microsoft signs carbon removal deal in California with 3Degrees

August 02, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a new cabon capture deal with climate solutions provider 3Degrees to purchase more than 80,000 metric tons of carbon removals from Western Rivers Conservancy's (WRC) Blue Creek Improved Forest Management Project, located in Northern California. "Microsoft's investment in the...

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Read CFS signs multi-year agreement with Microsoft for cloud and AI
CFS signs multi-year agreement with Microsoft for cloud and AI

CFS signs multi-year agreement with Microsoft for cloud and AI

August 02, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Australian wealth management fund Colonial First State (CFS) has signed a five-year agreement with Microsoft for cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) services which will see CFS continue to use Azure as its preferred cloud provider and deploy generative AI use cases in collaboration...

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Read Microsoft accuses Google and AWS of 'muddying' UK CMA investigation
Microsoft accuses Google and AWS of 'muddying' UK CMA investigation

Microsoft accuses Google and AWS of 'muddying' UK CMA investigation

July 29, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has claimed that its rivals Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are 'muddying the waters' of the antitrust investigation currently underway by the UK Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA). Google reiterated the criticism of Microsoft in its six-page response. which said; "We believe...

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Read Microsoft plans to deploy Lumen’s Private Connectivity Fabric to Azure
Microsoft plans to deploy Lumen’s Private Connectivity Fabric to Azure

Microsoft plans to deploy Lumen’s Private Connectivity Fabric to Azure

July 27, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced plans to deploy Lumen’s Private Connectivity Fabric (PCF) to improve its data center network infrastructure. Lumen will also migrate its workloads to Microsoft Azure and work with the company to deliver “telecom industry-specific solutions.” Erin Chapple, corporate vice...

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Read Microsoft invests in rare earth materials startup
Microsoft invests in rare earth materials startup

Microsoft invests in rare earth materials startup

July 19, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has made an equity investment in a rare earth materials startup focused on recycling hard drives, Canada’s Cyclic Materials, a metals recycling company that has developed a patent-pending technology, CC360.“Microsoft is working to achieve zero waste across our direct operations,...

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Read Armada secures equity funding from Microsoft
Armada secures equity funding from Microsoft

Armada secures equity funding from Microsoft

July 12, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Edge computing firm Armada has closed $40 million in funding led by M12, Microsoft’s venture fund. As part of the deal, Armada’s offerings will be made available on the Azure Marketplace.“This investment propels our total funding to over $100m and marks a significant milestone in our journey to...

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Read AWS partners with Australian government for high-security data center development
AWS partners with Australian government for high-security data center development

AWS partners with Australian government for high-security data center development

July 06, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon has partnered with the Australian government for the development of a high-security data center that will handle top-secret information with an investment of A$2 billion to be made over the next decade. Due to the "top secret" nature of the project, neither the location nor the specifics...

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Read Microsoft partners with CCL for New Zealand cloud region
Microsoft partners with CCL for New Zealand cloud region

Microsoft partners with CCL for New Zealand cloud region

July 04, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that CCL, a provider of IT and hybrid cloud services within local telco Spark's Business Group, will be its first at-scale cloud launch partner for the upcoming New Zealand cloud region.“We’ve seen huge interest from customers in leading end-to-end cloud services,...

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