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FWD signs new cloud agreement with AWS

Insurance provider FWD Group has signed a five-year cloud agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) which will see AWS continue to host the company's core business applications including finance, customer, and insurance agent interfaces, as part of the company's ongoing cloud migration.Sandee...

May 30, 2024

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AWS to launch Wavelength Zone Edge locations in Africa

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in partnership with Orange has revealed plans to launch a Wavelength Zone Edge locations in Africa, one of which will be in Morocco, where Oracle has confirmed plans for two new cloud regions. Jérôme Hénique, CEO at Orange Middle East and Africa, said: “The announceme...

May 29, 2024

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Microsoft to purchase one million tons of carbon energy credits

Microsoft is buying one million tons of carbon removal credits from a renewable energy company in Denmark, following its aim to invest in carbon capture technology. The tech giant will purchase the credits from Avedøre power station in Copenhagen, which is operated by energy company Ørsted, in...

May 24, 2024

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Amazon to invest billions into renewable energy projects in Spain

Amazon Web Services this week announced plans to invest €15.7 billion in Spain into its AWS Europe (Spain) Region. “We are committed to supporting Spain across multiple areas," said Suzana Curic, AWS country manager, Spain and Portugal. "Beyond direct investments and jobs supported, we plan to...

May 24, 2024

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Amazon to invest in European Sovereign Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest €7.8 billion ($8.47bn) in its sovereign cloud infrastructure in Germany through 2040. The Sovereign Cloud region will be AWS' first and located in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It is expected to launch by the end of 2025.“This investment reinforces ou...

May 20, 2024

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CyrusOne closes $1.175 billion ABS offering

CyrusOne has closed its $1.175 billion Series 2024-2 and 2024-3 funding round, classified as a Secured Green Collateral Bond, and is the largest ABS issuance since 2021. Series 2024-2 is expected to mature in five years, while Series 2024-3 is expected to mature in seven.Eric Schwartz, CEO of ...

May 18, 2024

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Microsoft to deploy equivalent of five 561 petaflops Eagle supercomputers monthly

Azure CTO Mark Russinovich recently claimed that Microsoft will be deploying the equivalent of five 561 petaflops Eagle supercomputers every single month. That would represent the equivalent of 72,000 H100 GPUs every month, spread out across the company's growing data center footprint, and a ...

May 18, 2024

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Microsoft to invest $3.3 billion in Wisconsin AI data center

Microsoft recently announced that it will be investing $3.3 billion in the AI data center it is building in Wisconsin to “expand its national cloud and AI infrastructure capacity.” The company will also be co-funding a new solar energy project which will generate 250MW of power.Microsoft noted...

May 14, 2024

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O2 Telefonica and Nokia selects AWS to host 5G standalone network

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been selected to host O2 Telefónica Germany's 5G Standalone (5G SA) network as the telco confirmed that it has launched its 5G Cloud Core, built entirely in the cloud, using technology from vendors Nokia and AWS.“We are building our network of the future. With the...

May 13, 2024

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Te Tumu Paeroa selected as anchor tenant in Microsoft’s planned New Zealand region

Te Tumu Paeroa, the office of the Maori Trustee, has signed an agreement to become the anchor tenant of Microsoft's upcoming New Zealand cloud region. The agreement with Microsoft and associated cloud migration is hoped to help landowners recover from major weather events more quickly, support...

May 11, 2024

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Microsoft signs carbon removal project in Brazil

Microsoft this week has finalized its carbon removal project with Re green in a deal which will fund the restoration of more than 16,000 hectares of degraded pastureland across Brazil (over half of which is already acquired with restoration activities underway), including in the States of Mara...

May 10, 2024

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Microsoft signs new PPA in Ireland

Microsoft revealed this week that it has entered into a long-term deal to offtake the output of the newly commissioned Lenalea Wind Farm near Letterkenny, County Donegal."At Microsoft, we are committed to playing our part in supporting the decarbonization of energy grids in markets in which we...

May 07, 2024

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Microsoft signs new carbon capture deal in Sweden

Microsoft has signed the world’s largest carbon capture deal with Stockholm Exergi to remove carbon from an upcoming biomass plant in Sweden. The deal will cover 3.33 million tonnes of permanent carbon removals from bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at Värtan, Stockholm.“We ar...

May 06, 2024

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AWS to build new data centers at energy park in Ireland

Amazon has revealed plans to develop data centers at a renewable energy business park in County Offaly, Ireland.AWS will become the first business to develop at the Bord na Móna Eco Energy Park in County Offaly, where it will leverage the energy produced by Bord na Móna's renewable development...

May 01, 2024

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Microsoft signs renewable energy framework deal with Brookfield

Microsoft has entered an agreement to invest an estimated $10 billion in renewable electricity projects to be developed by Brookfield Asset Management. The “global framework agreement” signed by the cloud company is a commitment to bring 10.5 gigawatts of generating capacity online.“Microsoft ...

May 01, 2024

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Microsoft plans Azure cloud region in Thailand

Microsoft has revealed plans to build cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand, including a data center region as part of its digital infrastructure commitment to expand the availability of the company's hyperscale cloud services.At the Microsoft Build AI Day in Bangkok, Microsoft CEO Satya Nad...

May 01, 2024

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AWS on track for annualized revenue run rate of $100 billion

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is set for an annualized revenue run rate of $100 billion as its first quarter has seen revenue of $25 billion, representing Year-on-Year (YoY) revenue growth of 17.2 percent, up from 13.2 percent in Q4 of 2023.CEO Andy Jassy told investors during the earnings call: "...

April 29, 2024

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Microsoft’s cloud unit’s revenue surpasses estimations by $31.8 billion

Microsoft, during its quarterly earnings call revealed that its cloud unit surpassed $31.8 billion in revenue for the quarter, up by 24 percent YoY. This led to a 4% increase in the company’s stock market, bridging the value to $128 billion. "We have the most comprehensive cloud footprint with...

April 26, 2024

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AWS announces new campus in Indiana

Amazon Web Services has revealed that it is behind a planned data center in Indiana. The state overnor Eric J. Holcomb this week announced plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center campus in north central Indiana – the largest capital investment announcement in Indiana’s history.“Indi...

April 25, 2024

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Microsoft wins billion dollar contract from Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola has made a $1.1 billion investment to use Microsoft's cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) services as part of a five-year agreement that will see Microsoft support Coca-Cola's core technology strategy systemwide.“This new agreement builds on the success of Coca-Cola’s partnership ...

April 24, 2024

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