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Read OpenAI Signs $38bn Multi-year Cloud Deal with AWS
OpenAI Signs $38bn Multi-year Cloud Deal with AWS

OpenAI Signs $38bn Multi-year Cloud Deal with AWS

November 04, 2025 Amazon AWS

OpenAI has signed a $38 billion seven-year agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) which will see the generative AI giant run its workloads on AWS infrastructure. Under the terms of the deal, OpenAI will have access to “hundreds of thousands” of Nvidia GB200s and GB300s via Amazon EC2...

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Read Microsoft Signs $9.7bn Cloud Deal with Iren
Microsoft Signs $9.7bn Cloud Deal with Iren

Microsoft Signs $9.7bn Cloud Deal with Iren

November 03, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a $9.7bn deal with Iren to access the neocloud's GPUs. The agreement will give Microsoft access to Iren's Nvidia GB300s. The total value of the contract is $9.7bn, with Microsoft providing 20 percent in prepayment.Daniel Roberts, co-founder & co-CEO of Iren, said: “We’re...

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Read AWS to Invest $5bn in South Korea Data Centers
AWS to Invest $5bn in South Korea Data Centers

AWS to Invest $5bn in South Korea Data Centers

October 30, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to invest a further $5 billion in data centers in South Korea, which will include the construction of new AI data centers in the Incheon and Gyeonggi regions. This investment builds on a previous $4 billion commitment to the country made in June of this...

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Read NBA Selects AWS as Cloud and AI Partner
NBA Selects AWS as Cloud and AI Partner

NBA Selects AWS as Cloud and AI Partner

October 07, 2025 Amazon AWS

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has signed a multi-year agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Under the deal, AWS will become the official cloud and AI partner of the NBA and its affiliate leagues, including WNBA, NBA G League, Basketball Africa League, and NBA Take-Two Media.The...

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Read Microsoft Signs 100MW Solar PPA in Japan
Microsoft Signs 100MW Solar PPA in Japan

Microsoft Signs 100MW Solar PPA in Japan

October 02, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Japanese energy firm Shizen Energy for 100MW of solar power in Japan.The power will be supplied from four solar projects in the Kyushu and Chugoku regions of Japan. According to Shizen, all four projects have reached financial close, and...

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Read Microsoft Signs Green Steel Supply Deal with Stegra
Microsoft Signs Green Steel Supply Deal with Stegra

Microsoft Signs Green Steel Supply Deal with Stegra

September 25, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a deal with green steel company Stegra for the supply of low-carbon steel for use within its data centers. The agreement will see Stegra deliver green steel, which it claims is up to 95 percent less carbon-intensive than conventional steel, to Microsoft's data center...

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Read Microsoft Signs $6bn AI Deal with Nscale
Microsoft Signs $6bn AI Deal with Nscale

Microsoft Signs $6bn AI Deal with Nscale

September 18, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a deal to rent $6.2 billion of AI computing power in Norway. The capacity will be provided by Nscale and Norwegian investment company Aker. The compute capacity will be powered entirely by renewable energy, and it seems to be from the same data center as announced earlier...

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Read Microsoft Signs Ten Year Partnership with Shayp
Microsoft Signs Ten Year Partnership with Shayp

Microsoft Signs Ten Year Partnership with Shayp

September 17, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a ten-year partnership with Belgian water technology company Shayp to support the launch of its corporate water efficiency platform, Shayp 4IMPACT, designed to deliver verifiable and auditable water savings. It will commence with deployments across schools and public...

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Read Microsoft to Build Data Center in Elsdorf, Germany
Microsoft to Build Data Center in Elsdorf, Germany

Microsoft to Build Data Center in Elsdorf, Germany

September 16, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is set to develop a data center on a 26-hectare site, around one kilometer (0.6 miles) south of Heppendorf, Germany.Elsdorf is in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis area in North Rhine-Westphalia, just west of Cologne. Positioned in the west of Germany, Microsoft is already developing data centers in...

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Read KKR Hires Former AWS CEO Adam Selipsky
KKR Hires Former AWS CEO Adam Selipsky

KKR Hires Former AWS CEO Adam Selipsky

September 09, 2025 Amazon AWS

Investment firm KKR has appointed Adam Selipsky as a senior advisor for technology and AI strategy. Selipsky will advise on strategy, capital allocation, and governance for the firm’s $179 billion Real Assets business. Selipsky was the CEO of cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) from 2021 to...

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Read Microsoft Agrees to $6bn Cloud Discount for US government
Microsoft Agrees to $6bn Cloud Discount for US government

Microsoft Agrees to $6bn Cloud Discount for US government

September 04, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has agreed to provide the US government with up to $6 billion in discounts over the next three years. The discounts will apply to Azure cloud computing services, Microsoft 365, Copilot, Dynamics 365, and cybersecurity tools. The first year alone could see the government saving up to...

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Read AWS Launches Cloud Region in New Zealand
AWS Launches Cloud Region in New Zealand

AWS Launches Cloud Region in New Zealand

September 02, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a new cloud region in New Zealand dubbed the AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region. This region consists of three availability zones. AWS has previously said it would invest around NZ$7.5 billion (US$5.3 billion) in its cloud operations and infrastructure in...

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Read Amazon Pledges $570m to Expand Kuiper Service in Vietnam
Amazon Pledges $570m to Expand Kuiper Service in Vietnam

Amazon Pledges $570m to Expand Kuiper Service in Vietnam

August 29, 2025 Amazon AWS

Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology has announced Amazon has pledged to invest $570 million in connectivity infrastructure by 2030 to deploy Kuiper services in the country. The investment will fuel up to six ground stations in the country, and set up satellite terminal manufacturing in...

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Read BT Signs New Five-year Agreement with AWS
BT Signs New Five-year Agreement with AWS

BT Signs New Five-year Agreement with AWS

August 21, 2025 Amazon AWS

UK telco BT Group has expanded its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), signing a new five-year agreement with the cloud provider. The deal builds on BT's ongoing cloud migration to AWS, and aims to help BT move its legacy systems into "modern, customer-centric microservices."“This isn’t...

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Read Microsoft Signs $236.4m Deal with Maybank
Microsoft Signs $236.4m Deal with Maybank

Microsoft Signs $236.4m Deal with Maybank

August 12, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Malaysian financial group Maybank has selected Microsoft Azure as one of its main cloud platforms in a five-year agreement. Valued at RM1 billion ($236.4m), the contract will see Maybank using Microsoft Azure for some of its "most strategic systems, functions, and data workloads."Dato’ Sri...

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Read AWS to Provide up to $1bn in Cloud Discounts
AWS to Provide up to $1bn in Cloud Discounts

AWS to Provide up to $1bn in Cloud Discounts

August 09, 2025 Amazon AWS

The US General Services Administration (GSA) has signed another discount deal with a cloud provider, Amazon which will see Amazon Web Services (AWS) providing the GSA with up to $1 billion in savings for cloud adoption, modernization, and training across US federal agencies through to the end of...

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Read Tucson Rejects Amazon's Project Blue Data Center Campus
Tucson Rejects Amazon's Project Blue Data Center Campus

Tucson Rejects Amazon's Project Blue Data Center Campus

August 08, 2025 Amazon AWS

The Tucson city council voted unanimously to reject Amazon's planned Project Blue AI data center campus. Mayor Regina Romero said that the city would also look to place limits on future data centers "to protect Tucson from this industry that is already here in Arizona."Project Blue is a 290-acre...

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Read AWS Now Offers OpenAI Models Access
AWS Now Offers OpenAI Models Access

AWS Now Offers OpenAI Models Access

August 07, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) revealed on August 5 that it would be offering "open weight models" from OpenAI via Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI for the first time. This will include OpenAI's two new open weight foundation models gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b."Open weight models are an...

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Read AWS Signs 80MW PPA with Gentari
AWS Signs 80MW PPA with Gentari

AWS Signs 80MW PPA with Gentari

August 06, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Gentari, a Malaysian-based renewable developer, for 80MW of wind power from a project in Tamil Nadu, India.The wind project is expected to commence operations in mid-2027 and will generate approximately...

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Read AWS Achieves $123bn Annualized Revenue Run Rate
AWS Achieves $123bn Annualized Revenue Run Rate

AWS Achieves $123bn Annualized Revenue Run Rate

August 02, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has achieved an annualized revenue run rate of more than $123 billion, CEO Andy Jassy revealed in the company's Q2 2025 earnings call. The cloud unit saw a revenue of $30.9bn for the quarter, up 17.5 percent year over year (YoY) and more than the previous quarter's...

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