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Read AT&T snaps up $1bn worth of spectrum from UScellular
AT&T snaps up $1bn worth of spectrum from UScellular

AT&T snaps up $1bn worth of spectrum from UScellular

November 09, 2024 AT&T

UScellular has confirmed that it will sell a portion of its spectrum assets to AT&T for $1 billion. This deal will see T-Mobile acquire a significant chunk of UScellular's operations, including its customer base and around 30 percent of the company's wireless spectrum."We are pleased with the...

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Read Saudi dairy company Almarai moves to Google Cloud
Saudi dairy company Almarai moves to Google Cloud

Saudi dairy company Almarai moves to Google Cloud

November 08, 2024 Google

Saudi Arabia-based dairy company Almarai is moving its critical systems to Google Cloud and hopes that this will improve its scalability and flexibility while remaining cost-effective. The data will be hosted in Google Cloud's Saudi Arabia region, enabling the company to meet digital sovereignty...

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Read Equinix launches data center in Oman with Omantel
Equinix launches data center in Oman with Omantel

Equinix launches data center in Oman with Omantel

November 08, 2024 Equinix

Equinix this week officially opened Salalah in partnership with local telco Omantel with a facility known as SN1. This facility is to be commercially and operationally managed in full by Equinix as a carrier-neutral and open-access Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data center.Kamel...

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Read Keppel acquires data center project in Tokyo, Japan
Keppel acquires data center project in Tokyo, Japan

Keppel acquires data center project in Tokyo, Japan

November 07, 2024 Keppel Data Center REIT

Keppel Ltd. this week announced that its private fund, Keppel Data Centre Fund II (KDCF II), has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Mitsui Fudosan for the forward purchase of Keppel Data Centre Tokyo 2, a data center facility currently being developed by Mitsui Fudosan. Mitsui...

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Read Equinix opens second data center in Istanbul, Türkiye
Equinix opens second data center in Istanbul, Türkiye

Equinix opens second data center in Istanbul, Türkiye

November 02, 2024 Equinix

US colocation giant Equinix this week opened its second International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Istanbul, known as IL4. The new facility is located on the same campus as Equinix’s existing Istanbul facility, IL2 and it offers capacity for 1,125 cabinets across 3,045 sqm (32,775 sq...

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Read NTT Data to use Oracle Alloy for sovereign cloud in Japan
NTT Data to use Oracle Alloy for sovereign cloud in Japan

NTT Data to use Oracle Alloy for sovereign cloud in Japan

November 01, 2024 NTT Data

NTT Data has selected Oracle Alloy to enhance its sovereign cloud services in Japan. The company will deploy Oracle Alloy in its data centers, giving customers access to more than 150 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services, including its artificial intelligence (AI) offerings.“The aim of our...

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Read Vantage unveils New Albany data center in Ohio
Vantage unveils New Albany data center in Ohio

Vantage unveils New Albany data center in Ohio

October 31, 2024 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has broken ground on a new data centre campus located 70 acres outside Columbus in New Albany. OH1 will provide a total of 192MW of IT capacity across more than 1.5 million square feet (139,355 sqm). The company said more than $2 billion will be invested in the project, with...

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Read Equinix to invest in two data centers in Bangkok, Thailand
Equinix to invest in two data centers in Bangkok, Thailand

Equinix to invest in two data centers in Bangkok, Thailand

October 30, 2024 Equinix

Equinix this week announced an intention to invest approximately $500 million in Thailand in phases over the next ten years, including the recent acquisition of land in Bangkok for approximately $34m. The newly acquired land in the Bangna area of Bangkok will be used to establish two Equinix...

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Read Citigroup signs multi-year contract with Google Cloud
Citigroup signs multi-year contract with Google Cloud

Citigroup signs multi-year contract with Google Cloud

October 29, 2024 Google

American investment banking and financial services firm Citi has signed a multi-year contract with Google Cloud to use its cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) offerings. The agreement will see Citi migrate several workloads and applications to Google Cloud, and use Google Cloud's...

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Read FCC rules in favor of AT&T's FirstNet over 4.9 GHz spectrum usage
FCC rules in favor of AT&T's FirstNet over 4.9 GHz spectrum usage

FCC rules in favor of AT&T's FirstNet over 4.9 GHz spectrum usage

October 28, 2024 AT&T

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to transfer control of a chunk of the 4.9 GHz spectrum band to FirstNet, which operates a network for first responders that AT&T uses. The FCC voted 4-0 in favor of handing the spectrum to FirstNet. Commissioner Anna Gomez did not...

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Read VP and head of platform Amit Zavery to leave Google
VP and head of platform Amit Zavery to leave Google

VP and head of platform Amit Zavery to leave Google

October 25, 2024 Google

The vice president, general manager, and head of platform at Google Cloud is set to depart after spending the last five and a half years at Google, joining from Oracle Cloud along with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. "The decision to leave Google is one of the toughest I’ve ever made," Zavery...

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Read Keppel signs conditional offtake agreement with Woodside
Keppel signs conditional offtake agreement with Woodside

Keppel signs conditional offtake agreement with Woodside

October 23, 2024 Keppel Data Center REIT

Keppel Data Centers has signed a conditional offtake term sheet to supply and purchase liquid hydrogen from Woodside. The company plans to integrate the potential liquid hydrogen supply into a broader, long-term portfolio of low-carbon power solutions that it is developing to meet the energy...

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Read Google Quantum AI invests in QuEra
Google Quantum AI invests in QuEra

Google Quantum AI invests in QuEra

October 14, 2024 Google

Google Quantum AI has invested an undisclosed sum in quantum startup QuEra. In a statement, the neutral-atom quantum computing company said the investment will help it “accelerate technology advancements” such as developing scalable and fault-tolerant quantum computers. Commenting on the...

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Read NTT Data and Gaia-X partner on Digital Clearing House deployment
NTT Data and Gaia-X  partner on Digital Clearing House deployment

NTT Data and Gaia-X partner on Digital Clearing House deployment

October 11, 2024 NTT Data

NTT Data has partnered with Gaia-X to deploy a testbed for a Gaia-X Digital Clearing House in Japan, which is the first outside of Europe, which is the first outside of Europe. Gaia-X is a European initiative seeking to establish a federated European cloud platform that is big enough to challenge...

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Read Google Distributed Cloud expands partnership to add NetApp offerings
Google Distributed Cloud expands partnership to add NetApp offerings

Google Distributed Cloud expands partnership to add NetApp offerings

October 03, 2024 Google

NetApp and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership, integrating NetApp's unified data storage and intelligent services into its Distributed Cloud architecture. The companies aim to help public sectors and regulated industries access artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure while meeting...

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Read Alva to use Google Cloud as primary cloud provider
Alva to use Google Cloud as primary cloud provider

Alva to use Google Cloud as primary cloud provider

October 01, 2024 Google

Indonesian electric motorcycle company Alva has selected Google Cloud as its primary cloud service provider and plans to use Google Cloud's artificial intelligence (AI) optimized infrastructure for innovation across R&D, customer service, productivity, and marketing. Alva will also look into...

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Read DNeX and Google Cloud to develop sovereign cloud in Malaysia
DNeX and Google Cloud to develop sovereign cloud in Malaysia

DNeX and Google Cloud to develop sovereign cloud in Malaysia

September 30, 2024 Google

Dagang NeXchange Berhad (DNeX) and Google Cloud have signed a deal to deliver sovereign cloud services to Malaysia and will operate the Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) offering as a managed GDC provider, bringing a sovereign cloud offering to the country. Karan Bajwa, vice president for Asia...

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Read Google launches first data center in Malaysia.
Google launches first data center in Malaysia.

Google launches first data center in Malaysia.

September 30, 2024 Google

Google this week held a ceremonial groundbreaking for its first data center and cloud region in Malaysia located at the Elmina Business Park outside Kuala Lumpur.Ruth Porat, president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google, said: "Today, Google reaffirms its support for advancing...

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Read PDG to develop data center campus at Mindspace park
PDG to develop data center campus at Mindspace park

PDG to develop data center campus at Mindspace park

September 27, 2024 Princeton Digital Group

Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has signed a deal with business park developer Mindspace REIT to develop three more data centers outside Mumbai, India. Under this partnership, Mindspace REIT will develop three additional built-to-suit data centers for PDG, adding a further 1 million sq ft to its...

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Read The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a colocation contract to Equinix.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a colocation contract to Equinix.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a colocation contract to Equinix.

September 25, 2024 Equinix

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Equinix a contract for colocation services for its Homeland Security Enterprise Network. Published on SAM.gov on September 17, the tender called for "power, connectivity and related operations and maintenance," adding that the services will...

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