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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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Read IBM signs agreement with Canadian government to strengthen the country’s semiconductor industry
IBM signs agreement with Canadian government to strengthen the country’s semiconductor industry

IBM signs agreement with Canadian government to strengthen the country’s semiconductor industry

April 29, 2024 Kyndryl

IBM has signed an agreement with both the Quebec government and the Canadian government to strengthen the country’s semiconductor industry. Following this agreement, IBM and the two governments invest C$187 million (US$137m) in the company’s Bromont plant in Quebec to bolster the country’s...

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Read Microsoft’s cloud unit’s revenue surpasses estimations by $31.8 billion
Microsoft’s cloud unit’s revenue surpasses estimations by $31.8 billion

Microsoft’s cloud unit’s revenue surpasses estimations by $31.8 billion

April 26, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft, during its quarterly earnings call revealed that its cloud unit surpassed $31.8 billion in revenue for the quarter, up by 24 percent YoY. This led to a 4% increase in the company’s stock market, bridging the value to $128 billion. "We have the most comprehensive cloud footprint with...

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Read Google announces new data center campus in Indiana
Google announces new data center campus in Indiana

Google announces new data center campus in Indiana

April 26, 2024 Google

Google this week revealed plans to expand its footprint in Indiana with a $2 billion data center in Fort Wayne. It also announced a collaboration with Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M) to add clean energy to the local grid. “We are thrilled to announce our investment in Fort Wayne as the...

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Read AtlasEdge plans expansion into Portugal
AtlasEdge plans expansion into Portugal

AtlasEdge plans expansion into Portugal

April 25, 2024 AtlasEdge

European Edge firm AtlasEdge announced this week that it is planning to develop data centers in Portugal and has ebtered the market with the acquisition of two adjacent sites in Lisbon that will deliver more than 20MW of IT load. “Our entry into the Portuguese market provides us with a key...

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Read Microsoft wins billion dollar contract from Coca-Cola
Microsoft wins billion dollar contract from Coca-Cola

Microsoft wins billion dollar contract from Coca-Cola

April 24, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Coca-Cola has made a $1.1 billion investment to use Microsoft's cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) services as part of a five-year agreement that will see Microsoft support Coca-Cola's core technology strategy systemwide. “This new agreement builds on the success of Coca-Cola’s partnership...

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Read IBM to buy Hashicorp for $6.4 billion
IBM to buy Hashicorp for $6.4 billion

IBM to buy Hashicorp for $6.4 billion

April 24, 2024 Kyndryl

IBM is set to buy out HashiCorp, a vendor that makes software to help businesses manage digital infrastructure, for $6.4 billion. It will pay $35 per share for HashiCorp. The company’s stock had been trading at a price of $24.88 before the deal was announced. "Enterprise clients are wrestling...

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Read Digital Realty to partner with Enel X for grid balancing UPS systems
Digital Realty to partner with Enel X for grid balancing UPS systems

Digital Realty to partner with Enel X for grid balancing UPS systems

April 24, 2024 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has revealed that it will be partnering with energy firm Enel X to roll out grid-balancing UPS systems in Ireland. The integrated battery banks, housed within Digital Realty’s Irish data centers, will relieve grid dependence on fossil fuel power plants during periods of frequency...

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Read Vantage plansnew billion dollar data cener campus in Ireland
Vantage plansnew billion dollar data cener campus in Ireland

Vantage plansnew billion dollar data cener campus in Ireland

April 23, 2024 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has revealed that it will be spending €1 billion on a new data center campus development in Dublin. The campus will be built at Profile Park, Grange Castle, a data center hub nine miles south of Dublin which is already home to the likes of Google, Digital Realty, and...

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Read Google fires 28 employees following series of internal protests
Google fires 28 employees following series of internal protests

Google fires 28 employees following series of internal protests

April 22, 2024 Google

Google has terminated the employment of 28 employees on Wednesday. This comes after a series of internal protests about labor conditions and the company's contract with the Israeli government and military. The protests were led by the "No Tech For Apartheid" organization. One of the protestors...

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Read Colt DCS plans expansion of planned data center in Hayes
Colt DCS plans expansion of planned data center in Hayes

Colt DCS plans expansion of planned data center in Hayes

April 17, 2024 Colt Data Centre Services

Colt DCS, a company which provides hyperscale and large enterprise data center solutions, is set to double the size of its planned data center campus in Hayes, West London, after acquiring a fresh parcel of land. A Colt DCS statement said: “This will make the entire site one of the largest in the...

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Read Lumen secures new contract from GAO
Lumen secures new contract from GAO

Lumen secures new contract from GAO

April 15, 2024 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has secured a contract worth about $73.6 million from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) under the General Services Administration's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program. This multi-million dollar contract will see Lumen modernize network, data, voice,...

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Read Viasat launches new headquarters in London
Viasat launches new headquarters in London

Viasat launches new headquarters in London

April 15, 2024 London

Satellite firm Viasat last week officially launched its new office, at 50 Finsbury Square in London, as the combined offices of both Viasat and Inmarsat, the rival vendor it acquired last year. The new 121,000 square feet site includes new satellite, network, and cyber operations centers for the...

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Read Google invests in new subsea cables
Google invests in new subsea cables

Google invests in new subsea cables

April 11, 2024 Google

Google has revealed its plans to invest $1 billion in creating two new subsea fiber cable routes between the US and Japan which will be called Proa and Taihei and will be built by Japan's NEC Corp. In a blog post, Google revealed that the investment is in support of Google's Japan Digitization...

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Read Vantage to unveil new data center campus in Switzerland
Vantage to unveil new data center campus in Switzerland

Vantage to unveil new data center campus in Switzerland

April 10, 2024 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers this week announced that it will open a second Zurich campus (ZRH2) this summer. This new campus located 30 kilometers north of Zurich’s City Center in Glattfelden, will offer a total of 226,000 square feet (21,000 sqm) of space and 24MW of critical IT capacity. “Zurich is a...

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Read Cloudflare suffers second power outage in Oregon in six months
Cloudflare suffers second power outage in Oregon in six months

Cloudflare suffers second power outage in Oregon in six months

April 09, 2024 CloudHQ

Content Delivery Network (CDN) company Cloudflare suffered a second data center power failure at its core facility in Portland, Oregon, within six months. As a result of the first incident which happened in November, Cloudflare introduced ‘Code Orange’; a new process where the company shifts most...

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Read Tape Ark migrates tape-based sports broadcast to Google Cloud
Tape Ark migrates tape-based sports broadcast to Google Cloud

Tape Ark migrates tape-based sports broadcast to Google Cloud

April 08, 2024 Google

Tape Ark has moved a significant collection of tape-based sports video footage to Google Cloud. The cloud ingest of the collection measures over 40 petabytes of video footage. By moving it to the cloud, the broadcaster will be able save time and money on the maintenance of the collection...

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Read IBM and RPI launch a new quantum computer in New York
IBM and RPI launch a new quantum computer in New York

IBM and RPI launch a new quantum computer in New York

April 06, 2024 Kyndryl

IBM and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have launched a quantum computer at RPI’s campus in New York. A chapel that the university repurposed in the 1960s, the quantum computer is be positioned next to a stained glass window and serves as a focal point of RPI’s new Curtis Priem Quantum...

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Read nLighten acquires seven data center from sister company
nLighten acquires seven data center from sister company

nLighten acquires seven data center from sister company

April 05, 2024 EXA Infrastructure

European Edge firm nLighten has acquired seven data centers from sister company Exa Infrastructure in a move which positions it as a "frontrunner" in the European data center market, while allowing Exa to focus on its terrestrial and subsea fiber network. This expansion brings nLighten's total...

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