October 20, 2023 Microsoft Azure
Shizen Energy Inc. announced its latest 20-year virtual VPPA with Microsoft to supply renewable energy from a 25MWac solar farm in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture. This agreement between both companies marks Microsoft’s first PPA in Japan. Sizen is also constructing a solar farm, which will...
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October 20, 2023 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft recently revealed plans to build a team dedicated to researching data center automation and robotics. The tech giant has also posted a job listing for a hardware automation team manager specializing in robotics. The job listing states, "As the Team Manager - Hardware Robotics, for our...
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October 19, 2023 Microsoft Azure
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alleges that tech giant Microsoft owes the US government about $28.9 billion in taxes, penalties, and interest. However, Microsoft has denied these charges and intents to "vigorously contest" them. Microsoft revealed in an SEC filing that it received a Notice of...
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October 18, 2023 Microsoft Azure
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has finally approved Microsoft's proposed acquisition of famous video games publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. This comes after an initial blockage of the deal over concerns relating to the impact of this acquisition on competition in...
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October 16, 2023 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft recently revealed plans to build a new data center campus in Aragon, in the northeastern region of Spain. The company is yet to share details about this development. However, local press have reported that Microsoft plans to develop three sites around Zaragoza; A 63-acre site in the...
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October 10, 2023 Google
Google has tested a demand-response system, which will reduce data center electricity consumption during grid problems and shift non-urgent tasks to other locations. The company notes that this is an extension of its plan to shift computing work to areas where energy is carbon-free. A blog post...
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October 09, 2023 Microsoft Azure
Global technology giant Microsoft revealed plans to develop a new data center campus in Newport Wales. In a post on its website, the company wrote, “Microsoft will be applying for planning permission for a data center in Newport, Wales. We are preparing a planning application for the site in the...
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October 09, 2023 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has replaced the criticized diesel backup generators used at a Swedish data center with a battery energy storage system (BESS). The BESS system supplied in June provides 16MWh of storage and black start capability to guarantee instant recovery of the power grid, all without greenhouse...
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October 03, 2023 Amazon AWS
Amazon Web Services has begun plotting for four new data centers in Mesa, Arizona, on land already owned by the company, as it looks to increase its footprints in the East Valley. The company has filed pre-submittal documents with Mesa's planning office for two data centers about four miles apart...
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October 02, 2023 Amazon AWS
Amazon will invest $4 billion in AI startup Antropic, becoming its primary cloud provider. This announcement comes after the giant tech companies worldwide raced to benefit from the breakthroughs Antropic could have on their businesses. Antropic, considered one of the world’s most promising AI...
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October 02, 2023 Microsoft Azure
Carbon Streaming Corporation announced it had signed an agreement to provide Microsoft with biochar carbon removal credits from the Waverly Biochar project in Waverly, Virginia. The company noted that the Biochar project would deliver Microsoft up to 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide removal...
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September 30, 2023 Amazon AWS
Amazon Web Services has filed with the US Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District to develop a seven-building data center campus in Virginia’s Louisa County. In this filing, REB Investment Company LLC and Amazon Data Services seek permission to establish a new data center campus on 153 acres on...
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September 28, 2023 Google
59-year-old data center luminary Luiz André Barroso unexpectedly passed away on September 16, 2023. The DC legend joined Google in 2001 and was fundamental in remodeling the company's DC design, impacting the industry. Before his journey with Google, Barroso worked at Digital Equipment...
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September 26, 2023 Google
A Google-affiliated company has acquired 143 acres in Moncks Corner industrial site, Berkeley Country, where the Silicon Valley tech giant has operated a data center since 2007. Arum Composites LLC purchased this parcel, comprising five parcels across Mount Holly Commerce Park Cypress Gardens...
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September 25, 2023 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft recently commenced plans to develop plans for a new Irish data center campus near Jigginstwon in Naas. Following reports by Kildare Nationalist, Microsoft has begun consultations with authorities for the proposed development of one of the two sites marked for DC usage in the Council’s...
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September 14, 2023 Amazon AWS
More proposals for data centers are on the way to Stafford, Virginia's Stafford County. Amazon has applied to a two-building facility in the county, while an unnamed developer plans a three-building site nearby. Amazon Data Services has applied for approval to construct the Potomac Church Tech...
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September 11, 2023 Amazon AWS
The King George County Board of Supervisors authorized Amazon Web Service's (AWS) 19-building data center campus's 869-acre rezone from agriculture to industrial use. Birchwood Power Partners applied for rezoning for AWS. AWS has received this first approval, but Birchwood's attorney, Charlie...
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September 11, 2023 Google
Google has submitted two planning applications to Kansas City to develop its Northland at the Hunt Midwest Business Center site. The cloud computing company acquired 78.9 acres in Northland, Kansas City, in 2019, followed by an additional 236.4 acres in December 2021, stating that the parcel of...
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September 01, 2023 Google
Google will construct a second campus in Texas in the Red Oak neighborhood of Dallas. This week, the company announced intentions to invest $600 million in the Dallas-Fort Worth region of Texas to build its second data center. The search, advertising, and cloud company stated that it would invest...
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August 31, 2023 Google
Google has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Apex Clean Energy for wind energy in North Carolina. Through the deal, the giant will offtake the full capacity from the Timbermill Wind project, which is in the process of being built. Located in Chowan County, the project will offer 189MW...
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