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Amazon Web Services (AWS) launches Local Zones in Chile and Australia

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of two new Local Zones, one in Perth Australia, and the other in Santiago, Chile.In the announcement, the company outlined: “AWS Local Zones are now available in two new metro areas—Perth and Santiago. You can now use these Local Zones to deli...

January 13, 2023

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Amazon postpones Virginia campus

Amazon has pressed pause on its 1 million sq ft (92,900 sqm) data center campus in Manassas, in Prince William County, Virginia. This announcement comes after the giant was scheduled to present three linked applications on 30 November. However, its special-use permit application has now been ...

December 19, 2022

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AWS Plans To Develop a 2.2 Million Square Feet Campus in Gainesville

Amazon is looking to develop a large data center campus in Gainesville, Virginia. The company submitted two special-use permit requests for a 2.2 million square feet data center campus that will sit on 117 acres of land at 5845 and 5945 Wellington Road. Per the company’s requests, it is lookin...

December 09, 2022

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Amazon signs a new PPA in India with Vibrant Energy

Amazon has announced that it has signed 300MW worth of wind and solar power purchase agreements (PPA) in India with Vibrant Energy, a Macquarie Group's Green Investment Group (GIG) subsidiary. The projects, based in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka, are projected to generate 1,163,0...

December 06, 2022

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AWS signs new renewable energy deal with Brookfield

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Canadian alternative investment management company Brookfield have partnered to sign a 601 MW power purchase agreement (PPA). Brookfield Renewable, a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, will provide wind and solar energy capacity to AWS’s operations.As per...

December 06, 2022

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Extinction Rebellion protests against data centers as part of wider 'Make Amazon Pay’ campaign

As part of the 'Make Amazon Pay' campaign, climate groups Extinction Rebellion and Not Here Not Anywhere took to the giant's Irish Headquarters in protest. The groups called for Amazon's AWS to pay its workers, its taxes and pay for its damage to the climate, due to its 'unsustainable' environ...

December 01, 2022

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AWS Announces Local Zones in Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East

Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of new Local Zones in Denmark, Oman, Argentina, and Denmark. The launch sees AWS’ total international Local Zones outside the US reach eight. Local Zones serve the purpose of Edge locations for hosting applications that need low latency to on-premis...

December 01, 2022

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AWS announces water positive goals for 2030 & pledges to report on WUE each year

Amazon has announced its goal of becoming water positive by 2030, which, according to AWS, will see it returning more water to the communities that it uses in its operations. It also promised to report on its WUE each year. Through this announcement, it joins the likes of other tech giants, Go...

November 30, 2022

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Amazon signs new PPA in Indonesia

AWS has announced that it has signed a PPA with Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to procure solar power for its operations in Indonesia. The state-owned electric utility will buy electricity from 210 MW of solar projects (four solar projects located in Bali and Java Island.)PLN stated that the ...

November 28, 2022

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AWS proposal "indefinitely postponed" in Fauquier County

AWS’s Warrenton data center proposals have been ‘indefinitely postponed’ by Virginia’s Fauquier County officials following a unanimous vote. The original proposal outlined plans for a 220,000-square-foot (20,400 sqm), single-story data center in Warrenton at the intersection of Blackwell Road...

November 24, 2022

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Amazon Buys Two Data Centers in Massachusetts For $26.7m

According to the Worcester Business Journal, Amazon has acquired two data centers in Massachusetts. The company bought the two properties in Westborough and Grafton in Worcester County for $26.7m from State Street Corp. Amazon bought 600 and 800 Friberg Parkway in Westborough for $11.6 mill...

November 24, 2022

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Amazon Web Services Opens New Cloud Region in Hyderabad, India

AWS has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Hyderabad, India. The company’s statement reads: “Today we are announcing the general availability of the 30th AWS Region, Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region, with three Availability Zones and the ap-south-2 API name. The new Hyderabad Regi...

November 23, 2022

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Amazon Web Services Launches New Zurich Cloud Region

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Zurich, Switzerland. The principal developer advocate for Amazon Web Services, Sebastien Stormacq, said: “I am pleased to announce today the opening of our 28th AWS Region: Europe (Zurich), also known by its API name: ...

November 18, 2022

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AWS Launches Spanish Cloud Region

Amazon Web Services has launched a new region in Spain. With this launch, the company has opened its eight regions in the continent. Like AWS’ other regions, the Spanish region also launched with three availability zones. AWS had announced in the past that it would invest up to €2.5 billion ($...

November 17, 2022

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Amazon follows tech industry with new round of layoffs

Amazon is the latest tech company to make big layoffs. The giant is making around 10,000 cuts to employees in corporate and technology roles, in what the New York Times has determined represents about 3% of its corporate staff. More broadly, the cuts represent less than 1% of the global workf...

November 16, 2022

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AWS Buys 50+ acres in Thane, India For Possible Data Center Development

Amazon Web services has acquired a parcel of land in India. The company bought over 50 acres of land in Thane district, Mumbai for Rs 1,800 crore ($218 million). It is expected that AWS will build a data center on the site. The site was acquired from Ananta Landmarks, a subsidiary of real e...

October 28, 2022

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AWS To Launch Cloud Region in Bangkok, Thailand

Amazon Web Services has announced its plan to open a new cloud region in Bangkok, Thailand. The new region will have three Availability Zones, which are custom with most AWS regions. The region is also part of AWS' plan to invest over $5 billion in Thailand in the next 15 years. AWS did not re...

October 27, 2022

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AWS Files to Develop Three Data Centers in Northern Virginia

Amazon Web Services plans to develop three more data centers in Northern Virginia's Stone Ridge. BizJournal was the first to report the development. AWS is looking to develop the data centers on its 90-acre land at 42139 Reeds Farm Lane, southwest of Dulles International Airport in Loudoun Cou...

October 26, 2022

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AWS partners with concrete company to develop a more sustainable concrete mix for its data centers

AWS has announced a new collaboration project with American Rock Products (ARP), a concrete company, to develop a concrete mix for data centers that is more sustainable. Labeled the most destructive material on earth, concrete is fundamentally unsustainable and a significant contributor to cl...

October 14, 2022

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Amazon's data center emissions rise with Oregon expansion

According to a report by The Oregonian, Amazon’s data center expansion in Eastern Oregon has caused carbon emissions to soar in recent years. Oregon’s Morrow and Umatilla counties are the locations targeted by Amazon, in part due to local tax breaks, which have seen Amazon rake up tax breaks w...

October 14, 2022

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