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"Shut it all down": Machine learning researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky sounds alarm on AI evolution

As AI continues its rapid evolution, machine learning researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky is sounding the alarm, arguing that AI should not only be paused, as recommended by the Future of Life Institute, but stopped entirely. Yudkowsky has been a vocal critic of AI for over two decades, and says that...

April 11, 2023

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Oregon’s data center clean energy bill dies, following Amazon lobbying

House Bill 2816, which sought to impose greenhouse gas emissions standards to encourage data centers to cut their carbon emissions in Oregon, died in legislative committee this week. Amazon, which aggressively lobbied against the bill, has been cited as one of the major reasons for its defeat....

April 07, 2023

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AWS inks another PPA in Spain with Grenergy Renovables SA

Amazon has signed another Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), this time with Grenergy Renovables SA, to procure solar energy in Spain. The 10-year deal will provide AWS with 469 MWp of solar energy. Grenergy Renovables is an independent power producer (IPP) involved in large-scale renewable energ...

April 07, 2023

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AWS to offtake from Mercury's Turitea wind farm to power new Auckland region

Amazon has announced that it has inked a new Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in New Zealand Mercury to procure wind energy. The giant will procure around half the output from the local energy company's 103MW Turitea South onshore wind farm; which is more than is required to fuel Amazon Web Ser...

April 06, 2023

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Vantage Creates a New Investment Group in EMEA

With the formation of a new investment partnership, Vantage Data Centers has added new investors to its roster along with DigitalBridge. This week, the company disclosed that it has signed a legally binding agreement to establish an investment partnership with a group of investors, includin...

April 06, 2023

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Lawsuit filed against Amazon data center in Warrenton, Northern Virginia

As Amazon continues its seemingly unstoppable global expansionm, in Warrenton, North Virginia, home to the biggest data center hub in the world, environmentalists and local residents have launched a lawsuit to try and stop the behemoth's growth in the region. The environmental nonprofit Citize...

April 05, 2023

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Wesfarmers OneDigital Enters a Five-Year Contract With AWS

OneDigital, a division of the Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers, has inked a five-year agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to be its principal cloud provider. Amazon will also equip the Australian business with an AWS Skills Guild to educate and certify 500 workers. Wesfarmers, one of th...

April 05, 2023

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Amazon signs PPAs with Iberdrola

Amazon has announced that it has signed another PPA with Iberdrola, through which it will be provided with wind and solar energy from its offshore wind farms in Germany for 1.1 terawatt-hours (TWh) annually. The wind farms, Baltic Eagle and Windanker, will have a total capacity of 476MW and 3...

April 04, 2023

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All of Unilever's Workloads Are Moved to The Cloud, Mostly to Microsoft Azure

Unilever has finished moving to the cloud. The business has shifted workloads for its 400+ brands to the cloud, using Azure as its main cloud platform, in what it calls the "biggest and most difficult cloud migration in the consumer products market." With the aid of Accenture, Microsoft, an...

April 04, 2023

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Microsoft's $1bn Mount Pleasant facility receives Village Board approval

Microsoft has announced its plans to expand in Wisconsin, with a $1 billion data center campus in Mount Pleasant. The plan, discussed at a recent closed session meeting, outlined that the campus will be situated on a 315-acre parcel of land owned by the Village of Mount Pleasant. Microsoft is...

March 31, 2023

Microsoft Azure

Amazon and Oregon's clean energy bill

In Oregon, House Bill 2816, aims to require data centers to utilize renewable energy and reduce their carbon emissions and Amazon is fighting it. The giant has reportedly been lobbying against the bill since it was first introduced, despite its big green pledges and commitment to reach zero ca...

March 31, 2023

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Microsoft purchases carbon removal credits from CarbonCapture

Microsoft is the latest company to invest in the potential of carbon capture, with the recent announcement that it will buy "carbon removal credits" from CarbonCapture. The company is the owner of Project Bison, which is a direct air capture (DAC) plant in Wyoming, set to open next year. The ...

March 29, 2023

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft to expand in Washington

Microsoft has revealed plans to build three data centers in Malaga, Washington, on Malaga Alcoa Highway in Chelan County. The Port Authority outlined in the fillings that it assumes the development will involve the construction of three buildings on the site by the end of 2025; further, there...

March 24, 2023

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Microsoft agrees to air-cooled data centers in the Goodyear area of Phoenix, Arizona

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 i...

March 23, 2023

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Construction of H5's Ashburn, VA Data Center Begins

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 Cou...

March 22, 2023

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Microsoft announces CO2 removal initiative with Running Tide

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,...

March 21, 2023

Microsoft Azure

Amazon announces HVO adoption in Dublin

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 inves...

March 21, 2023

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AWS Wavelength Zone is Being Implemented by BT in Manchester

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 fo...

March 21, 2023

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Amazon announces further staff cuts

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 Twi...

March 20, 2023

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AWS announces plans to switch to HVO fuel across Europe

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 c...

March 17, 2023

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