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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

Microsoft Azure

Amazon Proposal For Land Rezoning in Culpeper County Denied

The Culpeper County Planning Commission has denied Amazon's proposal to rezone over 200 acres of land in Stevensburg, Virginia, for data center use. The commission voted 5-4 against the company's proposal. It wasn't an easy decision for the council as the discussions and decision took over 5 h...

March 14, 2022

Amazon AWS

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

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

Microsoft Azure

AWS says it will share its emissions data

In a bid to catch up with competitors Microsoft Azure and Google, AWS has announced the launch of a new free carbon tracker tool for customers. This tool, the 'Customer Carbon Footprint Tool' comes as part of its commitment to The Climate Pledge and will enable its cloud customers to track, ...

March 04, 2022

Amazon AWS

Hines To Lease a Data Center in Hayward To Amazon

According to CoStar, Amazon has leased a new purpose-built data center under construction in California's East Bay area. The data center is at the upcoming Hayward Exchange @92 industrial complex in Hayward. Hines owns the property, and it started work on the site's redevelopment in May 2021. ...

March 02, 2022

Amazon AWS

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

AWS Reveals 32 Cities Where It Will Open Local Zones

Amazon Web Services has announced the 32 cities where it plans to open Local Zones Edge locations. AWS’ Local Zones are Edge locations that host applications which need low latency to on-premises installations or end-users. Each Local zone offers specific services like database, storage, or...

February 18, 2022

Amazon AWS

Amazon Files To Develop Two Data Centers in Culpeper County, Northern Virginia

According to Star Exponent, Amazon wants to develop two data centers in Stevensburg, Virginia. Per the report, Marvell Development- a subsidiary of Amazon Data Services has asked for 243 acres in Culpeper County, Virginia to be rezoned from agricultural use to light industrial use. The company...

February 18, 2022

Amazon AWS

Amazon Data Services Acquires Three Office Buildings in Loudoun County for $26.4m

According to BizJournal, Amazon Data Services has completed the acquisition of office buildings in Sterling, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia. The buildings are located in the Loudoun Tech Center business park. The selling company is an affiliate of St. John Properties. In addition, the prope...

February 18, 2022

Amazon AWS

EdgeConneX Acquires Indonesia's GTN

EdgeConneX has acquired Graha Teknologi Nusantara (GTN). By so doing, it has taken over a data center in eastern Jakarta, Indonesia. The company did not reveal the details of the transaction. GTN was launched in 2016, and it currently operates a 5MW data center that can be expanded to 80MW ...

February 18, 2022

EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX to expand in Dublin

The South Dublin County Council (SDCC) has granted EdgeConnex permission to build two single-story data centers and three gas-powered generation plant buildings at Dublin’s Grange Castle Business Park after it was initially proposed last year. The facilities span 2,800 sqm (137,700 sqft combin...

February 16, 2022

EdgeConneX

AWS Buys Land and Data Center From IPI Partners After Selling Land To Its Subsidiary Stack

Amazon Web Services has completed the sale of two plots of land in Prince William County, Virginia, to Stack Infrastructures. Interestingly, it also bought two parcels of land in Loudoun County, Virginia, from Stack Infrastructure’s owner, IPI Partners. According to BizJournal, AWS sold two...

February 16, 2022

Amazon AWS

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

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

Microsoft Azure

Frederick County and AWS: Deal falls through

AWS plans for Frederick County in Maryland have fallen through; it has been reported. This announcement came after Amazon and the county government was unable to reach an agreement on the project’s timeline. Initial plans outlined that data centers would go to three communities in the south, w...

February 11, 2022

Amazon AWS

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

AWS Reveals The Size of Properties Under Its Control

Amazon Web Services has revealed that it has over 26 million square feet (2,415,500 square meters) under its control. The company announced this through its latest 10-K filing. The filing further showed that the company owns 11.9 million square feet (1,105,500 square meters) and leases 14.1...

February 11, 2022

Amazon AWS

Amazon Receives $4.7bn In Subsidies From Global Governments For The Development of Facilities

According to Good Jobs First, Amazon has received at least $4.7 billion in federal and state subsidies over the past decade around the world. The subsidies support the development of warehouses, call centers, data centers, offices, and film production projects. The watchdog group compiled data...

February 10, 2022

Amazon AWS

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

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