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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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Read Microsoft signs 420MW worth of PPAs
Microsoft signs 420MW worth of PPAs

Microsoft signs 420MW worth of PPAs

June 13, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a number of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to procure renewable energy in Sweden and Denmark from European Energy. It will procure the output of six wind and solar sites in Spain from Repsol.“We are excited that Microsoft has committed itself to driving forward the green...

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Read DigitalEdge signs new energy partnership with Peak Energy
DigitalEdge signs new energy partnership with Peak Energy

DigitalEdge signs new energy partnership with Peak Energy

June 10, 2024 Digital Edge DC

APAC data center operator Digital Edge has signed an energy partnership with APAC energy firm Peak Energy to “pursue renewable energy production projects designed to power Digital Edge data centers across the region.”“We are thrilled to partner with Peak Energy to scale our renewable energy usage...

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Read Microsoft plans new data center in Northwest Indiana
Microsoft plans new data center in Northwest Indiana

Microsoft plans new data center in Northwest Indiana

June 08, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has revealed its plans to build a 245,000-square-foot data center on 489 acres at the Radius Industrial Park in La Porte with a $1 billion investment.“Indiana is committed to being a central hub in the global economy of the future, and this latest announcement ensures Hoosier...

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Read Equinix announces second data center in Lisbon, Portugal
Equinix announces second data center in Lisbon, Portugal

Equinix announces second data center in Lisbon, Portugal

June 05, 2024 Equinix

Equinix this week announced plans for LS2, a new International Business Exchange (IBX) facility to be located adjacent to Equinix's existing LS1 site. This €50 million project due to open in the first quarter of 2025 will offer 2,050 square meters of colocation space.Carlos Paulino, managing...

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Read Microsoft allegedly nears multi-million-euro agreement with CISPE for antitrust complaint
Microsoft allegedly nears multi-million-euro agreement with CISPE for antitrust complaint

Microsoft allegedly nears multi-million-euro agreement with CISPE for antitrust complaint

June 03, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is reportedly nearing a multi-million-euro agreement with cloud lobby CISPE- also known as Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe to put an end to its antitrust complaint according to news first reported by Politico. However, a CISPE representative denied the claims to...

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Read Bridge Datacenters plans new Malaysian facility
Bridge Datacenters plans new Malaysian facility

Bridge Datacenters plans new Malaysian facility

May 31, 2024 Bridge Data Centres

Bridge Data Centres is planning a new Malaysian data center campus with Malaysian developer Mah Sing Group Berhad. The developer revealed that it has armarked 150 acres of land at Southville City for further expansion into a data center hub with planned capacity of up to 500MW.Eric Fan, president...

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Read Equinix breaks ground in Malaysia with two new data centers
Equinix breaks ground in Malaysia with two new data centers

Equinix breaks ground in Malaysia with two new data centers

May 28, 2024 Equinix

Equinix has now broken ground in Malaysia with two International Business Exchange data centers in Johor (JH1) and Kuala Lumpur (KL1) now serving the company’s customers in Malaysia and across. Jeremy Deutsch, president for Asia-Pacific at Equinix, said: “Malaysia is a cornerstone market and top...

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Read Digital Edge develops new storage system to replace lithium-ion batteries
Digital Edge develops new storage system to replace lithium-ion batteries

Digital Edge develops new storage system to replace lithium-ion batteries

May 27, 2024 Digital Edge DC

APAC data center operator Digital Edge has partnered with South Korean energy storage firm Donghwa ES to develop what it calls a Hybrid Super Capacitor (HSC) as a new type of power supply for its UPS systems to replace lithium-ion batteries at its data centers.Jay Park, chief construction and...

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Read Microsoft to purchase one million tons of carbon energy credits
Microsoft to purchase one million tons of carbon energy credits

Microsoft to purchase one million tons of carbon energy credits

May 24, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is buying one million tons of carbon removal credits from a renewable energy company in Denmark, following its aim to invest in carbon capture technology. The tech giant will purchase the credits from Avedøre power station in Copenhagen, which is operated by energy company Ørsted, in a...

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Read STT GDC expands into Vietnam
STT GDC expands into Vietnam

STT GDC expands into Vietnam

May 18, 2024 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) is expanding into Vietnam and has announced a joint venture partnership with Vietnamese technology company VNG Corporation for the “development, construction, and operation of data center projects in Ho Chi Minh City.” “We are thrilled to partner with...

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Read Microsoft to deploy equivalent of five 561 petaflops Eagle supercomputers monthly
Microsoft to deploy equivalent of five 561 petaflops Eagle supercomputers monthly

Microsoft to deploy equivalent of five 561 petaflops Eagle supercomputers monthly

May 18, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Azure CTO Mark Russinovich recently claimed that Microsoft will be deploying the equivalent of five 561 petaflops Eagle supercomputers every single month. That would represent the equivalent of 72,000 H100 GPUs every month, spread out across the company's growing data center footprint, and a...

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Read Microsoft to invest $3.3 billion in Wisconsin AI data center
Microsoft to invest $3.3 billion in Wisconsin AI data center

Microsoft to invest $3.3 billion in Wisconsin AI data center

May 14, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently announced that it will be investing $3.3 billion in the AI data center it is building in Wisconsin to “expand its national cloud and AI infrastructure capacity.” The company will also be co-funding a new solar energy project which will generate 250MW of power. Microsoft noted...

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Read Te Tumu Paeroa selected as anchor tenant in Microsoft’s planned New Zealand region
Te Tumu Paeroa selected as anchor tenant in Microsoft’s planned New Zealand region

Te Tumu Paeroa selected as anchor tenant in Microsoft’s planned New Zealand region

May 11, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Te Tumu Paeroa, the office of the Maori Trustee, has signed an agreement to become the anchor tenant of Microsoft's upcoming New Zealand cloud region. The agreement with Microsoft and associated cloud migration is hoped to help landowners recover from major weather events more quickly, support...

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Read Microsoft signs carbon removal project in Brazil
Microsoft signs carbon removal project in Brazil

Microsoft signs carbon removal project in Brazil

May 10, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft this week has finalized its carbon removal project with Re green in a deal which will fund the restoration of more than 16,000 hectares of degraded pastureland across Brazil (over half of which is already acquired with restoration activities underway), including in the States of...

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Read Microsoft signs new PPA in Ireland
Microsoft signs new PPA in Ireland

Microsoft signs new PPA in Ireland

May 07, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft revealed this week that it has entered into a long-term deal to offtake the output of the newly commissioned Lenalea Wind Farm near Letterkenny, County Donegal. "At Microsoft, we are committed to playing our part in supporting the decarbonization of energy grids in markets in which we...

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Read Microsoft signs new carbon capture deal in Sweden
Microsoft signs new carbon capture deal in Sweden

Microsoft signs new carbon capture deal in Sweden

May 06, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed the world’s largest carbon capture deal with Stockholm Exergi to remove carbon from an upcoming biomass plant in Sweden. The deal will cover 3.33 million tonnes of permanent carbon removals from bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at Värtan, Stockholm. “We are...

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Read Microsoft signs renewable energy framework deal with Brookfield
Microsoft signs renewable energy framework deal with Brookfield

Microsoft signs renewable energy framework deal with Brookfield

May 01, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has entered an agreement to invest an estimated $10 billion in renewable electricity projects to be developed by Brookfield Asset Management. The “global framework agreement” signed by the cloud company is a commitment to bring 10.5 gigawatts of generating capacity online. “Microsoft...

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Read Microsoft plans Azure cloud region in Thailand
Microsoft plans Azure cloud region in Thailand

Microsoft plans Azure cloud region in Thailand

May 01, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has revealed plans to build cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand, including a data center region as part of its digital infrastructure commitment to expand the availability of the company's hyperscale cloud services. At the Microsoft Build AI Day in Bangkok, Microsoft CEO Satya...

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Read Equinix signs new solar PPAs in Singapore
Equinix signs new solar PPAs in Singapore

Equinix signs new solar PPAs in Singapore

April 29, 2024 Equinix

Colocation firm Equinix has signed long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to procure renewable energy in Singapore fromSembcorp Industries. Following the agreements, Sembcorp Power will supply a maximum capacity of 75MWp from its solar assets and 30MW from its gas-power generation portfolio...

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