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Apple commences infrastructure improvements at Iowa data center

Work is finally due to commence on Apple's Iowa data center, it has been announced. Infrastructure improvements are underway on the site, and the giant is also planning to expand and connect its Viborg data center in Denmark to a district heating scheme - a data center project that was complet...

March 28, 2022

Apple

Japanese bank Mizuho and Google Cloud Partner Up

Google Cloud and Japanese super bank Mizuho Financial Group have signed a strategic partnership. The agreement will see the Japanese firm shift some of its services to the cloud. This move comes after the company experienced multiple serious outages in 2021. The group CEO and president of Mizu...

March 25, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

Further controversy rises around project nimbus

Controversy continues to envelop Project Nimbus, with fresh allegations made against Google in its handling of dissenting employees. Project Nimbus is a contract that both Google and Amazon (AWS) have with the Israeli government to provide its agencies with cloud services. Since its announceme...

March 23, 2022

Google

Microsoft Looking To Develop a Data Center Campus in Melbourne, Australia

According to Urban Developer, Microsoft has plans to build a new data center campus in Melbourne, Australia. The report shows that the company has drawn up proposals for the facility. Per the documents, Microsoft wants to develop a 243,000 square feet (22,500 square meters) facility at 20-2...

March 22, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Planning To Develop a Data Center in Toronto

Microsoft has plans to develop a new data center in Toronto, Canada. Confirmed reports show that WZMH Architects submitted an application on behalf of a Microsoft-owned company, 3288212 Nova Scotia Limited, to develop a ‘communications technology facility.’ This facility will be developed o...

March 22, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Report Shows Switch is Considering Sale of Its Business

According to Bloomberg, Switch Inc. is mulling over different strategic options, including a potential sale. Reports show that the firm is working with advisers to determine the best option. The company is currently valued at over $7 billion. Cowen analysts wrote to clients earlier in the m...

March 22, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Switch

Is Microsoft set to move into Newport, Wales?

Microsoft may be moving into Newport, Wales it has been announced. Reports are circulating that the giant has bought a one million square foot (92,900 sqm) factory in the area. Located next to Vantage's Newport campus, the factory was previously occupied by Quinn Radiators. Despite these circ...

March 18, 2022

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft announces new Finland cloud region that will help to decarbonize local heating systems

Microsoft has announced that it is building a new data center region in Finland, joining Fortum's project to heat local homes and businesses in the Helsinki metropolitan area, and help decarbonize heating systems. This is reportedly the world's largest data center heat recovery project.For ye...

March 18, 2022

Microsoft Azure

Vantage Investing CAD$900 in Canada Expansion Spree

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it is expanding its operations in Canada with significant developments. The company is looking to expand its existing facilities in Quebec and Montreal while developing a new campus in Montreal. It will be investing CAD$900 million (US$713m) in the ex...

March 18, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Vantage Data Centers

Microsoft and its Scope 3 emissions

According to the tech giant's most recent sustainability report, Microsoft's scope 3 emissions are jeopardizing its ability to meet its carbon neutrality targets, which in 2021 rose by 23% year over year. Some argue that this indicates Microsoft has set lofty aspirations that it cannot achieve...

March 15, 2022

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Launches Fifth Chinese Azure Region

Microsoft has announced its fifth Azure region in China. According to the company, the new Chinese Azure region launched on the first day of the month. This region will be operated by Vnet (formerly 21Vianet). The CEO of Microsoft’s Greater China Region, Dr. Hou Yang, said the company had seen...

March 14, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Google Buys Mandiant for $5.4 billion

Google has announced that it is acquiring Mandiant for $5.4 billion. This will be Google’s second-largest acquisition in history. Mandiant is a cybersecurity firm founded in 2004. The firm offers many threat detection and response services. Mandiant will also be joining Google Cloud upon the c...

March 10, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

Microsoft Announce Plans For Hyderabad Cloud Region

Microsoft has revealed its plans for an Azure data center region in India. Microsoft’s potential cloud region in India will be in Hyderabad. However, it didn’t disclose any other details about the region. According to the Economic Times of India, Microsoft bought 22 acres of land in Mekaguda f...

March 09, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Vantage begins work on the second phase of its Frankfurt-Offenbach campus

Vantage is commencing the second phase of development at its 55MW EU campus (FRA1) in Frankfurt, Germany. Located in Offenbach, this second phase will see the construction of a 16MW capacity, 13,000 square meters (140,000 square feet) facility, which will be operational in the first half of 2...

February 24, 2022

Vantage Data Centers

Carbon Sense launched by Google

Google Cloud has launched Carbon Sense, an updated version of its tool for reporting and reducing carbon emissions. This new suite features Carbon Footprint (launched last year), a tool that measures the carbon emissions of Google customers' cloud usage, and an expanded version of Active Assi...

February 22, 2022

Google

Carbon accounting standards in the industry

A number of organizations and companies have come together to form an initiative called the Carbon Call, which is seeking to achieve "reliable and interoperable" carbon emissions accounting to ensure the world reaches net-zero by midcentury. Among the twenty organizations launching the call is...

February 15, 2022

Microsoft Azure

What is Waukee saying about Apple's data center?

Following the recent green light given by local planning officials on Apple’s Iowa development, a number of business people and leaders in the area have voiced their thoughts on what the development will mean for the area. Mayor Courtney Clarke outlined that in the first phase of development t...

February 14, 2022

Apple

Microsoft Signs Agreement With HTX To Develop Sovereign Cloud in Singapore

Microsoft has signed a strategic agreement with Singapore’s Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX). The deal will see Microsoft develop a sovereign cloud to speed up the digital transformation and innovation of Singapore’s HTX. It will also help sort Singapore’s Home Team Departments’ e...

February 14, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Big tech greenwashing: A failure to deliver on sustainability pledges

Nearly every day, it seems another tech company has made another big green pledge; however, according to the nonprofit NewClimate Institute, big tech's promises to deliver on sustainability are not leading to action. Lacking real substance, according to the report, even the companies that are ...

February 11, 2022

Google

Google Has Still Not Acquired Land For Data Center in Sherburne County

Google has still not started work on its proposed $600 million data center in Becker, Minnesota. The search engine giant announced plans for the data center in 2019, yet, the two companies involved said they hadn’t abandoned the project. At the time of the announcement, Google said it was mull...

February 10, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

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