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Read Arrcus raises $30m in funding round
Arrcus raises $30m in funding round

Arrcus raises $30m in funding round

July 20, 2024 California

Hyperscale networking firm Arrcus has raised $30 million in an investment round with investments from Nvidia and Hitachi Ventures amongst others. "We are thrilled to welcome Nvidia as our latest investor and look forward to building on our collaboration. Arrcus’ leading networking software...

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Read CPUC denies AT&T’s request to be released from COLR duties
CPUC  denies AT&T’s request to be released from COLR duties

CPUC denies AT&T’s request to be released from COLR duties

June 26, 2024 California

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has voted to deny AT&T’s request to be released from its duties as Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) in the state, leaving the company legally obligated to provide its telephone services to anyone who asks."Despite AT&T’s contention that...

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Read Oxide deploys hardware on CoreSite data center in California
Oxide deploys hardware on CoreSite data center in California

Oxide deploys hardware on CoreSite data center in California

April 24, 2024 California

New cloud company Oxide is deploying its on-premise hardware at CoreSite’s data center in Silicon Valley. It also announced this week that it would ‘leverage colocation solutions’ at CoreSite's Silicon Valley SV2 data center. “The Oxide Cloud Computer empowers developers to build, run, and...

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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 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 Rowan plans a 1 million-square-foot data center in Morrow County, Oregon
Rowan plans a 1 million-square-foot data center in Morrow County, Oregon

Rowan plans a 1 million-square-foot data center in Morrow County, Oregon

August 14, 2023 Rowan Digital Infrastructure

Rowan Green Data in Morrow County, Oregon, plans to build a data center. Proposals for the Percheron Data Center near Boardman were recommended for approval by the County planning commission at the end of last month. Later this month, the proposal will be presented to the County Board of...

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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 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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Read California officials declare statewide grid emergency due to continued heat wave
California officials declare statewide grid emergency due to continued heat wave

California officials declare statewide grid emergency due to continued heat wave

September 06, 2022 California

California temperatures have soared to a record high, placing serious pressure on the power grid, and causing state officials to urge residents to limit their power usage. According to reports, the heat wave is most seriously affecting the Central Valley, which is projected to reach 115 degrees...

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