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FWD signs new cloud agreement with AWS

Insurance provider FWD Group has signed a five-year cloud agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) which will see AWS continue to host the company's core business applications including finance, customer, and insurance agent interfaces, as part of the company's ongoing cloud migration.Sandee...

May 30, 2024

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AWS to launch Wavelength Zone Edge locations in Africa

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in partnership with Orange has revealed plans to launch a Wavelength Zone Edge locations in Africa, one of which will be in Morocco, where Oracle has confirmed plans for two new cloud regions. Jérôme Hénique, CEO at Orange Middle East and Africa, said: “The announceme...

May 29, 2024

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Amazon to invest billions into renewable energy projects in Spain

Amazon Web Services this week announced plans to invest €15.7 billion in Spain into its AWS Europe (Spain) Region. “We are committed to supporting Spain across multiple areas," said Suzana Curic, AWS country manager, Spain and Portugal. "Beyond direct investments and jobs supported, we plan to...

May 24, 2024

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Amazon to invest in European Sovereign Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest €7.8 billion ($8.47bn) in its sovereign cloud infrastructure in Germany through 2040. The Sovereign Cloud region will be AWS' first and located in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It is expected to launch by the end of 2025.“This investment reinforces ou...

May 20, 2024

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BW digital & Telin partner up on a portion of Hawaiki Nui subsea system

BW Digital and PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin) have signed a memorandum of understanding in Washington DC this week to team up on constructing the 10,000km Hawaiki Nui 1 cable, which will be part of the wider 26,000km system. The Hawaiki Nui 1 cable will link Australia, Indon...

May 16, 2024

Washington

O2 Telefonica and Nokia selects AWS to host 5G standalone network

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been selected to host O2 Telefónica Germany's 5G Standalone (5G SA) network as the telco confirmed that it has launched its 5G Cloud Core, built entirely in the cloud, using technology from vendors Nokia and AWS.“We are building our network of the future. With the...

May 13, 2024

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Atlanta City Council members propose new bill to block data center developments

Atlanta City Councilmen Jason Dozier and Matt Westmoreland have introduced bills to block data center developments around certain areas of the Georgia city near transit stops and the Beltline.“Excited to introduce legislation alongside Matt Westmoreland to address the rapid growth of data cent...

May 10, 2024

Atlanta

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

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Hydrogen demonstration facility launches in Austin, Texas

A hydrogen demonstration facility has launched in Austin, Texas and will help provide power to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) data center via a fuel cell. The project – located at the University of Texas (UT) J.J. Pickle Research Campus in Austin – is a collaboration between GTI En...

April 29, 2024

Austin

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

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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

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Oxide deploys hardware on CoreSite data center in California

New cloud company Oxide is deploying its on-premise hardware at CoreSite’s data center in Silicon Valley. It also announced this week that it would ‘leverage colocation solutions’ at CoreSite's Silicon Valley SV2 data center. “The Oxide Cloud Computer empowers developers to build, run, and ope...

April 24, 2024

California

Alibaba extends cloud price cut to international customers

Alibaba has revealed that it is now slashing its prices by as much as 59 percent for customers "from the US to Singapore." This comes shortly after the company's March 2024 announcement that it would be cutting cloud costs for its Chinese customers by up to 55 percent with the hope of winnin...

April 09, 2024

Singapore

Asia-Pacific plans new data center acquisitions

Singaporean real-estate firm Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments Limited (APS) this week announced plans to acquire a 100 percent stake in Taiwanese sustainable data solutions provider, Mobii Genius Co., Ltd., for US$150 million. “Creating green data processing and storage facilities is of par...

April 08, 2024

Singapore

Amazon launches Deadline Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a cloud-based rendering service called Deadline Cloud which will enable users to deploy and scale up graphics and handle visual effects (VFX) rendering on AWS cloud infrastructure. This rendering service is aimed at customers in media and entertainment, a...

April 05, 2024

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Telia Company completes sale of Danish business unit

Swedish telco Telia Company has confirmed in a new announcement that the sale of its Danish business unit to local energy and Internet firm Norlys has been finalized for DKK 6.25 billion ($900 million), on a cash and debt-free basis. “The sale of our Danish business marks a significant milesto...

April 04, 2024

Sweden

Nucor Corporation launches data center infrastructure unit

Steelmaker Nucor Corporation this week announced that it has acquired Southwest Data Products, Inc. (SWDP), a manufacturer and a data center supplier and launched a new business unit that will help better serve its customers in the data center infrastructure industry. Nucor said SWDP and the ...

April 02, 2024

California

Amazon invests additional $2.75 billion in AI startup Anthropic

Amazon has invested an additional $2.75 billion in AI startup Anthropic in a deal which marks the second round of funding provided by the cloud and eCommerce giant under a previously agreed plan to invest up to $4bn in the startup. Amazon made an initial investment of $1.25bn for a minority st...

April 01, 2024

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Ericsson begins further layoffs in Sweden

Ericsson has announced it will cut 1,200 jobs in its home market of Sweden as a part of cuts announced earlier this year, with the company citing a "challenging mobile networks market in 2024." "In addition to the headcount reduction, the cost-saving initiatives cover various areas such as red...

March 26, 2024

Sweden

Intelsat signs deal to lease capacity on Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellites

Intelsat recently announced that it has signed a new multi-year, multimillion-dollar agreement partnership with Intelsat on its OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.This deal is valued at up to $500 million over seven years, with a firm commitment of $250m (including a previous $45m deal...

March 26, 2024

Sweden

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