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Google joins Ørsted's offshore wind project

Google has announced that it has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PAA) with Ørsted, a Danish offshore wind developer. According to reports, Google will have access to 50 MW of Ørsted’s planned 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm.This PPA is in line with Google’s goal to powe...

December 01, 2021

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Google to expand in Israel amid calls for the tech giant to 'boycott' Israel

Google has announced that it will be expanding its data center footprint in Israel, building its fourth facility in the Sharon region near Moshav Beit Yehoshua. This development has come about following the tech giant winning the government's Nimbus cloud tender. Google already has leases for ...

November 15, 2021

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Google's Oregon plans given the green light despite water concerns

On Monday, The Dalles council unanimously approved a $28.5 million deal for Google to build two new data centers in the area. This approval has gone ahead despite water concerns; due to the area currently being drought-stricken and the proposed facilities potentially guzzling millions of gallo...

November 12, 2021

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Blackstone acquires Equinix-occupied data center in London for £196.5 million

Land Securities Group has announced the sale of an office and data center property located in the Canary Wharf side of London. The sale price of the property is £196.5 million ($262.82 million). Equinix is currently occupying the property as its LD8 IBX data center. Land Securities Group so...

November 12, 2021

Equinix London LD8 Harbour Exchange (Docklands)

New Canadian cloud region for AWS

Calgary, Alberta, is to be home to AWS’s new Canadian cloud region, set to be available from late 2023 to early 2024. According to AWS, over the next few years, it will invest over $17 billion (CA$21 billion) in Canada, $3bn (CA$4bn) will go to the new Calgary region.Speaking about the announc...

November 11, 2021

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Google buys 53 hectares of land in Wallonia, Belgium For Data Center Development

According to L’Echo and La Nouvelle Gazette, Google has acquired over 50 hectares of land in Belgium. The search giant acquired the land in the Wallonia region of Belgium for developing data centers and office buildings. The Saint Ghislain data center in Belgium was Google’s first expansion in...

November 11, 2021

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AWS's $35billion investment in Virginia

Between 2011 and 2020, Amazon Web Services (AWS) injected $35 billion into its cloud computing infrastructure in Northern Virginia, which is a hub for data centers and the largest single concentration of corporate data centers globally. This information was released by a recent report by the t...

November 09, 2021

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Yondr Group announces plans for a 100MW data center campus in Slough, UK

Yondr Group has revealed its plans to develop a hyperscale data center campus in Slough, just outside London. The initial phase of the development of the data center campus will see Yondr develop a 30MW facility. This phase is scheduled to be in operation by the first quarter of 2023. In ad...

November 04, 2021

Yondr: Slough Campus

Tackling the water scarcity issue: Controversy and secrecy

Water scarcity is increasingly becoming an issue globally, and data centers, which typically guzzle around 3-5 million gallons of water per day, the equivalent of the water usage by 30,000-50,000 people, are adding to the problem. As the climate issue worsens and big tech companies continue to...

November 04, 2021

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NSA ordered to reevaluate $10bn AWS cloud contract

The National Security Agency (NSA) has been ordered to reevaluate a secret cloud contract worth $10 billion, awarded to Amazon Web Services. Microsoft led the protest and asked for the contract to be reviewed. The Government Accountability Office had to side with Microsoft after its protest an...

November 02, 2021

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Amazon looks to further grow its footprint in Ireland

Amazon is planning further expansion in Ireland with an application for two more data centers in Dublin. The proposed facilities will be based in Clonshaugh Close, where there is already the former Ricoh building which Amazon is seeking to demolish and replace with 'Data Centre A' and 'Data Ce...

November 01, 2021

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ScottishPower: Amazon-funded wind farm opens in Kintyre, Scotland

ScottishPower Renewables’ wind project, launched in association with and funded by Amazon, has come online. The 50MW Beinn an Tuirc 3 wind farm on the Kintyre peninsula has 15 turbines, and according to ScottishPower, it is the largest in its portfolio built without any government support.The ...

November 01, 2021

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AWS announces three new Local Zones in Las Vegas, New York City, and Portland

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched new Local Zones in New York City, Las Vegas, and Portland. Local Zones are considered Edge locations that host applications that need low latency to end-users or on-premises installations. Sébastien Stormacq, the Principal Developer Advocate at Amazon ...

October 28, 2021

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The Dalles grants Google tax breaks for new facilities

The city council of The Dalles has voted to grant Google new property tax breaks. The tax breaks are for Google’s two new data centers. However, before Google commences work on its new data centers, it also hopes to increase its water usage significantly with a new agreement. The city counc...

October 28, 2021

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Google's new 'green campus': What it is and what it means for the future of Google

Google’s new Bay View campus, located east of the tech giant’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, will reportedly be opened to a select number of employees by January and is reportedly a representative of the company’s wider goals and vision. According to Google, the campus itself is ...

October 19, 2021

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Google and Thales Partner to form French sovereign cloud service

Google and Thales have announced a new Joint Venture that will offer a sovereign cloud service in France. The companies announced that they would develop a sovereign hyperscale cloud offering for France. The new company aims to provide cloud services to local private and public companies th...

October 08, 2021

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Infratil buys 40 percent stake in UK's Kao Data

New Zealand investor Infratil has acquired a 40 percent stake in UK data center firm Kao Data. It has also acquired two data centers to add to the company’s portfolio. Infratil is paying £120-130 million” (US$163-177m) for the acquisition of the stakes in the company. CEO of Kao Data, Lee M...

October 05, 2021

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Google to move into Eagle Mountain, Utah?

Google has reportedly purchased 300 acres in Eagle Mountain, Utah, which could potentially be home to a new data center. Google already has offices in the region, in Salt Lake City and Provo. The plot of land is located in the south on Pony Express Parkway, near Facebook’s 1.5 million-square-...

October 05, 2021

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AWS buys 42-acre of land in Warrenton for $40 million

According to Fauquier Now, Amazon Web Services has acquired a 41.7-acre land in Warrenton, Fauquier County, for $39.7 million. The land it acquired is on Blackwell Road, Lee Highway. With each acre costing $952,000, this is reportedly the biggest real estate transaction in the history of No...

September 30, 2021

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Google announces expansion plans in The Dallas, Oregon

According to Oregon Live, Google plans to build more data centers in The Dalles, in Oregon’s Wasco County. The report shows that the search engine giant wants to build two more data centers in The Dalles. It is also looking to get access to more water and tax breaks. Google will be building...

September 29, 2021

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