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Digital Realty launches new data center in Japan

Digital Realty has broken ground on a new data center outside Tokyo, Japan, marking its third data center at the NRT campus in Inzai, Chiba prefecture. This new 31MW facility, known as NRT14, will be configurable to support private AI deployments at densities up to 70kW per rack via air-assist...

May 10, 2024

Digital Realty Trust

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

Microsoft Azure

GI Partners acquires fiber firm DQE Communications

Investment firm GI Partners this week announced the closing of the acquisition of Pennsylvanian regional fiber firm DQE Communications from DQE’s parent company, Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Light Holdings Inc. The company has also appointed Michael T. Sicoli as CEO of the company, effective imme...

May 06, 2024

GI Partners

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

Microsoft Azure

T5 to develop new data center campus in Illinois

T5 Data Centers recently revealed its plans to develop a new data center campus in Grayslake, Illinois as it announced that the 160-acre site, 40 miles north of Chicago, will be used for “multiple data center buildings.”“The new Grayslake campus represents a major investment by T5 to meet the ...

May 04, 2024

T5 Data Centers

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

Amazon AWS

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

Microsoft Azure

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

Microsoft Azure

Equinix signs new solar PPAs in Singapore

Colocation firm Equinix has signed long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to procure renewable energy in Singapore fromSembcorp Industries. Following the agreements, Sembcorp Power will supply a maximum capacity of 75MWp from its solar assets and 30MW from its gas-power generation portfoli...

April 29, 2024

Equinix

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

Amazon AWS

Intel’s Foundry unit continues to experience operating loss

Intel has reported a net revenue loss of $400 million in the first quarter of 2024, with its Foundry business unit continuing to experience a significant downturn. CEO Pat Gelsinger said that the revenue decline for the Foundry unit was not unexpected and the company expected 2024 would see it...

April 27, 2024

Intel

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

Microsoft Azure

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

Amazon AWS

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

Microsoft Azure

Digital Realty to partner with Enel X for grid balancing UPS systems

Digital Realty has revealed that it will be partnering with energy firm Enel X to roll out grid-balancing UPS systems in Ireland. The integrated battery banks, housed within Digital Realty’s Irish data centers, will relieve grid dependence on fossil fuel power plants during periods of frequenc...

April 24, 2024

Digital Realty Trust

Vantage plansnew billion dollar data cener campus in Ireland

Vantage Data Centers has revealed that it will be spending €1 billion on a new data center campus development in Dublin. The campus will be built at Profile Park, Grange Castle, a data center hub nine miles south of Dublin which is already home to the likes of Google, Digital Realty, and Cyru...

April 23, 2024

Vantage Data Centers

ExxonMobil teams up with Intel for data center cooling fluid

Oil and gas company ExxonMobil has teamed up with Intel to develop new liquid cooling technologies for data centers. The two firms say the partnership has been set up to “design, test, research, and co-develop energy-efficient cooling fluid solutions” for use with systems built on chipmaker I...

April 23, 2024

Intel

Intel completes assembly of High NA EUV system in Oregon

Intel revealed that it has completed the assembly of its High Numerical Aperture NA Extreme Ultraviolet (High NA EUV) lithography tool at the company’s R&D site in Hillsboro, Oregon. This tool will allow it to deliver new levels of precision and scalability in chip manufacturing, enabling ...

April 19, 2024

Intel

Lumen secures new contract from GAO

Lumen Technologies has secured a contract worth about $73.6 million from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) under the General Services Administration's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program. This multi-million dollar contract will see Lumen modernize network, data, voice...

April 15, 2024

Lumen Technologies

EdgeConneX secures $1.9 billion sustainable-tied financing

This week, EdgeConneX announced it had secured an additional $1.9 billion in sustainability-linked financing to support its EMEA expansion. The company mentioned that this financing consolidates it’s portfolio across EMEA, transitioning it from “stand-alone project-based funding to a more robu...

April 12, 2024

EdgeConneX

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