March 23, 2023 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft is switching its cooling system for data centers in the Goodyear area of Phoenix, Arizona, following an update of its development agreement. Further to this, it has pledged to invest more than $40 million to expand the city's wastewater capacity. While the giant purchased the site in...
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March 22, 2023 H5 Data Centers
After dismantling the former data center there, H5 Data Centers has started construction on a new one in Ashburn, Virginia. This week, the company started building a 255,000-square-foot, three-story data center with a 42-megawatt capacity. The building is offered for pre-leasing at Loudoun...
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March 21, 2023 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft is teaming up with Running Tide to remove 12,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from its operations. This will be done through Running Tide's carbon capture and removal technology, which utilizes photosynthesis and ocean alkalinity enhancement to fix carbon from the fast carbon cycle, and...
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March 21, 2023 Amazon AWS
In Dublin, Ireland, AWS has announced it is turning to HVO for its backup generators at its data centers. It will work with companies like Certa in Ireland to help develop a global supply chain, in order to create a more "accessible, steady, and sustainable supply of HVO." Further, it is...
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March 21, 2023 Cologix
Cologix has announced that customers can now deploy AWS Outposts at its VAN3 digital edge data center. The facility is a 42,000-square-foot data center, the region’s largest neutral data center. Through this addition, customers in Cologix’s Vancouver data centers will be able to connect to AWS...
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March 21, 2023 Amazon AWS
Wavelength Zones are being implemented across the UK by UK telecom BT in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), beginning in Manchester. Wavelength gives users access to cloud services in a local AWS Region and embeds Amazon compute and storage capabilities at the edge of 5G networks for...
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March 20, 2023 Amazon AWS
Amazon has announced that it is to make further cuts to its workforce. Its total for the previous round of cuts reached 18,000; the new round is pegged to reach 9,000. The divisions set to be hit with cuts include: AWS, PXT [People Experience and Technology Solutions], Advertising, and Twitch....
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March 17, 2023 Amazon AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that it will be transitioning away from diesel to Hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) to power its backup generators in Sweden. Reports are that HVO has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90 percent through the fuel life cycle when...
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March 15, 2023 Amazon AWS
OneWeb, a provider of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a letter of intent to discuss cloud-based connection options. The two organizations want to collaborate on a totally integrated satellite constellation management service. They want to...
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March 15, 2023 Meta
After letting go of around 11,000 workers in the latter part of last year, Meta aims to let go of about 10,000 individuals. As part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 'Year of Efficiency' appeal to investors to improve a falling share price, the corporation will also eliminate 5,000 unfilled positions....
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March 14, 2023 Amazon AWS
Southwest Airlines, situated in the US, has said that it is transferring its applications to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company claimed that the choice was made as part of its digital transformation project, which aims to enhance the passenger experience, increase operational effectiveness,...
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March 13, 2023 Meta
Meta's job cuts continue, with the announcement last week that the giant is driving forward with its so-called "year of efficiency." CEO Mark Zuckerberg first announced massive cuts back in November; now, thousands more are set to be laid off. According to experts, while the first cuts were a...
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March 10, 2023 Amazon AWS
An old insulation plant in Santa Clara, California, has been purchased by Amazon. According to documents cited by BizJournal, Amazon paid $237.8 million for the land, which is situated at 960 Central Expressway, slightly west of San Jose Mineta International Airport. It's unknown what the firm...
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March 09, 2023 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has announced its plans to invest $175.9 million in a massive new data center in San Antonio. Named “SAT40,” the facility was recently filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. According to the filing, the facility will be based at Lambda Drive in the Texas Research...
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March 09, 2023 Amazon AWS
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have inked a $25 million contract. Under the terms of the agreement, Amazon will provide Defra with cloud hosting, its bring-your-own-license software management solution, as well as support, managed...
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March 09, 2023 Amazon AWS
Amazon has temporarily halted the building of its massive new facility in Northern Virginia. Company officials stated that layoffs and the popularity of working from home were reasons for halting development. Metropolitan Park, a 2.1 million square foot building with two office towers, will be...
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March 06, 2023 Amazon AWS
After Elon Musk acquired Twitter, the company ceased paying landlords, cleaning, and software providers for services done. But, according to The Information, the corporation has failed to pay its Amazon Web Services payments for months, despite using the cloud provider for crucial components of...
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March 05, 2023 Amazon AWS
AWS has launched a new AWS infrastructure Region in Malaysia, and through this, has outlined its intention to invest $6 billion (MYR 25.5 billion) in Malaysia by 2037. According to AWS, to begin with, the region will consist of three Availability Zones. Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of...
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March 02, 2023 CloudHQ
A new hyperscale facility is being built by data center company CloudHQ in Brazil's state of So Paulo. A groundbreaking ceremony was performed by the company in Paulina. It will be CloudHQ's first location in the region and in South America. According to reports, the new 228MW complex will have...
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February 26, 2023 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft wants to duplicate a Dublin data center battery-sharing agreement. In 2022, Eaton unveiled a lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) with grid-interactive UPS to exchange energy with the local grid. The corporation told a London conference that this technique was ideal for the...
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