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Read EdgeConneX Partners with Ral Estate Firm Stockland
EdgeConneX Partners with Ral Estate Firm Stockland

EdgeConneX Partners with Ral Estate Firm Stockland

September 16, 2025 EdgeConneX

ASX-listed real estate firm Stockland announced it had formed an exclusive arrangement with EdgeConneX to establish a partnership to develop, own, and operate a data center portfolio, and was “exploring opportunities across Stockland’s logistics pipeline.”This partnership will combine...

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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 Digital Realty Signs 13.4MW Community Solar Deal
Digital Realty Signs 13.4MW Community Solar Deal

Digital Realty Signs 13.4MW Community Solar Deal

September 13, 2025 Digital Realty Trust

Global colocation data center developer Digital Realty has signed a solar supply agreement with US Independent Power Producer (IPP) Soltage for 13.4MW of capacity from a portfolio of community solar projects in Illinois. The deal is Digital Realty’s second community solar-linked agreement within...

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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 Digital Realty Breaks Ground on Rome Facility
Digital Realty Breaks Ground on Rome Facility

Digital Realty Breaks Ground on Rome Facility

August 29, 2025 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty this week announced that work on ROM1 has started. On schedule to be completed in 2027, the facility will offer 3MW of IT capacity at launch. Digital Realty said that the 22-hectare campus could total 2.3 million sq ft (213,676 sqm) at full build-out, making it one of the largest...

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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 EdgeConneX to Develop Second Facility in Japan
EdgeConneX to Develop Second Facility in Japan

EdgeConneX to Develop Second Facility in Japan

August 28, 2025 EdgeConneX

Data center firm EdgeConneX this week announced the acquisition of its second data center site in the Greater Osaka and Yawata areas of Japan. The new site will provide an additional 150MW upon completion, bringing EdgeConneX's total data center capacity in Japan to 350MW of utility power at full...

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Read Digital Realty Launches 2MW Data Center in Nigeria
Digital Realty Launches 2MW Data Center in Nigeria

Digital Realty Launches 2MW Data Center in Nigeria

August 26, 2025 Digital Realty Trust

Colocation giant Digital Realty this week announced the opening of its latest data center in Lagos, in the Lekki area of the city, adding nearly 2MW of IT capacity across nearly 1,205 sqm (13,000 sq ft) of data hall space. The facility will be interconnected with Digital Realty’s existing LKK1...

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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 NextDC Expands Debt Facility by AU$1.3 billion
NextDC Expands Debt Facility by AU$1.3 billion

NextDC Expands Debt Facility by AU$1.3 billion

August 15, 2025 NEXTDC

Australian data center firm NextDC this week announced that, following the successful completion of general syndication, it has secured new senior debt facilities totaling AU$3.5 billion (US$2.28bn).NextDC CEO and MD, Craig Scroggie, said: "In light of recent record contract wins that are...

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Read Equinix Signs Three Major Deals with Advanced Nuclear Firms
Equinix Signs Three Major Deals with Advanced Nuclear Firms

Equinix Signs Three Major Deals with Advanced Nuclear Firms

August 14, 2025 Equinix

US data center giant Equinix has expanded its commitment to nuclear energy, announcing three major agreements with advanced nuclear developers that together could provide up to 774MWe of power.The first deal was with Radiant, a microreactor company based in El Segundo, California. As part of the...

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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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Read AWS and KSAT Sign Ground Station Agreement
AWS and KSAT Sign Ground Station Agreement

AWS and KSAT Sign Ground Station Agreement

July 31, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed a ground station-as-a-service (GSaaS) partnership with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT). Under the deal, KSAT will integrate cloud services into its global network and offer access to both AWS Ground Station’s and KSAT’s antennas to its customers.“Today,...

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