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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 Nucor Corporation launches data center infrastructure unit
Nucor Corporation launches data center infrastructure unit

Nucor Corporation launches data center infrastructure unit

April 02, 2024 California

Steelmaker Nucor Corporation this week announced that it has acquired Southwest Data Products, Inc. (SWDP), a manufacturer and a data center supplier and launched a new business unit that will help better serve its customers in the data center infrastructure industry. Nucor said SWDP and the...

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Read Grop acquired Definitive Intelligence to support newly formed unit
Grop acquired Definitive Intelligence to support newly formed unit

Grop acquired Definitive Intelligence to support newly formed unit

March 04, 2024 California

AI chip startup Groq has acquired Definitive Intelligence for an undisclosed sum to support its newly formed GroqCloud unit, which Definitive Intelligence co-founder and CEO Sunny Madra will lead. GroqCloud is a cloud platform that provides Groq hardware documentation, code samples, and on-demand...

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Read Northwood Space founded by former disney actor raises over $6 million
Northwood Space founded by former disney actor raises over $6 million

Northwood Space founded by former disney actor raises over $6 million

February 21, 2024 California

Satellite ground station startup Northwood Space, a company led by a former Disney actor, has raised more than $6 million in seed funding. This company is led by Bridgit Mendler, an actress and singer who was once a regular on the Disney Channel. She launched this startup with her husband last...

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Read Zededa raises $72 million in new funding round
Zededa raises $72 million in new funding round

Zededa raises $72 million in new funding round

February 15, 2024 California

California-based company Edge computing orchestration startup Zededa last week announced the closing of the Series C round, led by Smith Point Capital which was founded by former Salesforce Co-CEO Keith Block. The company raised $72 million in its latest funding round which will see the company...

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Read Intel announces layoff plans across its Californian campuses
Intel announces layoff plans across its Californian campuses

Intel announces layoff plans across its Californian campuses

December 27, 2023 California

Intel has announced its plans to lay off 311 employees across two Californian campuses. This marks the second round of job cuts carried out by the company in California this year. Two separate "worker adjustment and retraining notifications" (WARNs) filed with the State of California’s Employment...

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Read Broadcom reduces VMware workforce by over 1200
Broadcom reduces VMware workforce by over 1200

Broadcom reduces VMware workforce by over 1200

November 30, 2023 California

Broadcom recently disclosed 1,267 layoffs for VMware employees at the Palo Alto, California, headquarters only a day after the layoff plans were announced. This also comes one week after Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware. A letter from Jill Turner, Broadcom's vice president of human...

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Read US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen
US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen

US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen

November 10, 2023 Lumen Technologies

The US Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Lumen Technologies a $110 million contract to provide mission-critical network services to the US Department of Defense (DoD). This contract has a timeline of five years, from November 30, 2023, through September 30, 2028. This contract is an...

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Read Qualcomm to reduce workforce in California by December
Qualcomm to reduce workforce in California by December

Qualcomm to reduce workforce in California by December

October 18, 2023 California

A recent filing with the California Employment Development Department has revealed that Chip designer Qualcomm intends to cut its workforce significantly. The filing noted that Qualcomm is cutting 1,258 jobs in San Diego and Santa Clara, California, to reduce costs. The job cuts are to begin by...

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Read Lumen sells CND customers to Akamai as it shuts down the business
Lumen sells CND customers to Akamai as it shuts down the business

Lumen sells CND customers to Akamai as it shuts down the business

October 16, 2023 Lumen Technologies

Lumen announced that it’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) business will be shut down and it has sold its customer contracts to Akamai. Both companies will undergo a transition services agreement for 90 days before Lumen completes its shut down. "We are deep into our transformation of Lumen and...

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Read Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment
Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment

Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment

August 03, 2023 Lumen Technologies

In the second quarter, Lumen Technologies reported a loss of $8.74 billion, a significant decrease from the $344 million profit in the same quarter last year. The company, formerly CenturyLink Enterprise, has lost more than 66 percent of its value this year, reducing its market capitalization to...

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Read StratCap Expands Data Center Portfolio with Acquisition of Two US Facilities
StratCap Expands Data Center Portfolio with Acquisition of Two US Facilities

StratCap Expands Data Center Portfolio with Acquisition of Two US Facilities

April 18, 2023 California

StratCap, a privately held investment firm, has acquired two data centers in the United States. The data centers, located in California and Missouri, were purchased for an undisclosed amount. StratCap acquired in Santa Clara, California, a purpose-built data center that is 100 percent leased to a...

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Read Honda’s hydrogen fuel cells to be used in data centers
Honda’s hydrogen fuel cells to be used in data centers

Honda’s hydrogen fuel cells to be used in data centers

March 10, 2023 California

Honda has announced that its old retired Clarity fuel cells will now be used for backup power at one of its data centers as part of a trial project. The company said that this aligns with its carbon neutrality goals, which it aims to reach by 2050, and promotes circular economy principles. The...

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Read Old Fremont Materials Factory Planned For Massive Data Center
Old Fremont Materials Factory Planned For Massive Data Center

Old Fremont Materials Factory Planned For Massive Data Center

March 02, 2023 California

The developer Valley Oak Partners, located in San Jose, California, has proposed constructing a data center with a floor space of 490,000 square feet at the former location of the construction materials firm USG in Fremont, California. According to Valley Oak, the facility would serve as a venue...

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Read Valley Oak proposes 90MW data center in California
Valley Oak proposes 90MW data center in California

Valley Oak proposes 90MW data center in California

February 24, 2023 California

Valley Oak is pursuing a new data center in Fremont, California, it has been announced, to 'serve as a place for clients to either relocate their data servers or expand their data capacity.' The company submitted an application for a 490,000 square-foot (45,520 sqm) data center on approximately...

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Read ECL to offer hydrogen-powered off-grid modular data centers
ECL to offer hydrogen-powered off-grid modular data centers

ECL to offer hydrogen-powered off-grid modular data centers

January 26, 2023 California

ECL has announced $7 million in seed funding, with plans to build the first 3D-printed modular data center to be powered by green hydrogen in California. The first facility will be built at its headquarters in Mountain View, using a construction 3D printer and a local building services company....

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Read MDC develops data center in San Diego, California
MDC develops data center in San Diego, California

MDC develops data center in San Diego, California

January 23, 2023 California

MDC Data Centers (formerly McAllen Data Centers) has announced that it is developing a new data center in San Diego, California, at 7014 Manya Cir. The new location is in partnership with Mexican telco Vívaro Telecom and will be ready to begin operations in the second quarter of 2023.The facility...

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Read Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion
Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion

Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion

November 07, 2022 Lumen Technologies

Lumen has announced that it will sell its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) operations to Colt in a $1.8 billion deal. The deal will see Lumen divest its EMEA business, including its data centers, terrestrial and subsea networks, and network equipment in the EMEA region, to Colt. The deal is...

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Read Zscaler announces carbon neutral status and aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2025
Zscaler announces carbon neutral status and aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2025

Zscaler announces carbon neutral status and aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2025

September 19, 2022 California

Zscaler has announced that it has achieved carbon neutral status, and said that it intends to reach net zero emissions by 2025. However, the company has not published a link to the emissions and carbon accounting data underlying this claim along with the announcement, and the data has not yet...

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Read Essential Twitter data center knocked offline by heat extremes
Essential Twitter data center knocked offline by heat extremes

Essential Twitter data center knocked offline by heat extremes

September 13, 2022 California

As heat extremes in California continue, Twitter has reportedly been left without one of its key data centers in Sacramento. First reported by CNN, an internal company memo outlined that the company experienced the loss of its Sacramento data center region on September 5th, with Carrie Fernandez,...

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