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Read Samsung plans investment in semiconductor cluster
Samsung plans investment in semiconductor cluster

Samsung plans investment in semiconductor cluster

April 15, 2024 Texas

Samsung Electronics has announced it will invest $40 billion to build a semiconductor cluster across a number of locations in Texas with a $6.4bn in direct funding under the US Chips and Science Act to support the development. The Taylor fabs are expected to be up and running by 2026 and Samsung...

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Read Alibaba extends cloud price cut to international customers
Alibaba extends cloud price cut to international customers

Alibaba extends cloud price cut to international customers

April 09, 2024 Singapore

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 winning...

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Read Asia-Pacific plans new data center acquisitions
  Asia-Pacific plans new data center acquisitions

Asia-Pacific plans new data center acquisitions

April 08, 2024 Singapore

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...

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Read Amazon launches Deadline Cloud
Amazon launches Deadline Cloud

Amazon launches Deadline Cloud

April 05, 2024 Amazon AWS

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, and...

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Read SK Hynix confirms investment in Indiana advanced chip packaging facility
SK Hynix confirms investment in Indiana advanced chip packaging facility

SK Hynix confirms investment in Indiana advanced chip packaging facility

April 04, 2024 Indiana

The South Korean chip manufacturer SK Hynix has confirmed earlier reports about building an advanced chip packaging facility in Indiania as it revealed its plans to invest $3.87 billion in the plant which will produce next-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM), the highest-performing Dynamic...

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Read Telia Company completes sale of Danish business unit
Telia Company completes sale of Danish business unit

Telia Company completes sale of Danish business unit

April 04, 2024 Sweden

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 milestone...

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Read Nucor Corporation launches data center infrastructure unit
Nucor Corporation launches data center infrastructure unit

Nucor Corporation launches data center infrastructure unit

April 02, 2024 California

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...

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Read Amazon invests additional $2.75 billion in AI startup Anthropic
Amazon invests additional $2.75 billion in AI startup Anthropic

Amazon invests additional $2.75 billion in AI startup Anthropic

April 01, 2024 Amazon AWS

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 stake...

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Read Ericsson begins further layoffs in Sweden
Ericsson begins further layoffs in Sweden

Ericsson begins further layoffs in Sweden

March 26, 2024 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...

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

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

March 26, 2024 Sweden

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...

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Read Danske Bank signs new cloud agreement with Amazon
Danske Bank signs new cloud agreement with Amazon

Danske Bank signs new cloud agreement with Amazon

March 26, 2024 Amazon AWS

Denmark's Danske Bank has signed a multi-year cloud contract with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This will include systems for business, institutional and personal customers, and will see more than 16,000 physical and virtual servers, and 1,000 applications being migrated. Danske Bank said it will...

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Read Amazon signs new wind PPA in the UK
Amazon signs new wind PPA in the UK

Amazon signs new wind PPA in the UK

March 22, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon this week announced that it has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Iberdrola to to procure the output of an offshore wind farm in the UK. The deal is to offtake 159MW from the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm – equivalent to 700GWh of energy annually. Sergio Hernández de...

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Read Philips and AWS partner for medical technology project
Philips and AWS partner for medical technology project

Philips and AWS partner for medical technology project

March 16, 2024 Amazon AWS

Electronics giant Philips and AWS have partnered for a medical technology project to make digitalized pathology slides available at scale in the cloud. This is an expansion of the existing relationship with both companies, with Philips having selected AWS as its cloud partner seven years ago....

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Read WSI selects CDC Data Centres for digital tower deployment
WSI selects CDC Data Centres for digital tower deployment

WSI selects CDC Data Centres for digital tower deployment

March 15, 2024 Sydney

Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) has selected CDC Data Centres for its digital tower deployment. WSI will be one of the first in Australia to run a digital air traffic control tower and has partnered with CDC, Frequentis Australasia, and Airservices to develop the system. WSI will...

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Read WSI selects CDC Data Centres for digital tower deployment
WSI selects CDC Data Centres for digital tower deployment

WSI selects CDC Data Centres for digital tower deployment

March 12, 2024 Sydney

Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) has selected CDC Data Centres for its digital tower deployment. WSI will be one of the first in Australia to run a digital air traffic control tower and has partnered with CDC, Frequentis Australasia, and Airservices to develop the system. WSI will...

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Read Wex Inc. completes primary cloud migration
Wex Inc. completes primary cloud migration

Wex Inc. completes primary cloud migration

March 06, 2024 Amazon AWS

Global payment processing company Wex Inc. has completed its primary could migration with the full migration of the benefits segment in its annual report. The report did not disclse the cloud provider it moved to. However, the company in 2021 announced that it was entering into a multiyear...

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Read Amazon acquires Talen’s data center campus in Pennysylvania
Amazon acquires Talen’s data center campus in Pennysylvania

Amazon acquires Talen’s data center campus in Pennysylvania

March 06, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has acquired Talen Energy’s 960MW Cumulusdata center campus at a nuclear power station in Pennsylvania. According to the investor presentation, Talen sold the site and assets of Cumulus Data for $650 million. The deal comprises $350 million at close and $300m escrowed,...

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Read Telkom Indonesia consolidates Singapore data centers
Telkom Indonesia consolidates Singapore data centers

Telkom Indonesia consolidates Singapore data centers

March 05, 2024 Singapore

Telkom Indonesia has consolidated its Singapore data centers under one umbrella unit ahead of a potential sale. The company wrote on LinkedIn that this marks a “significant milestone in our journey toward becoming a regional powerhouse in the data center industry,” “The rationale behind this...

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Read Grop acquired Definitive Intelligence to support newly formed unit
Grop acquired Definitive Intelligence to support newly formed unit

Grop acquired Definitive Intelligence to support newly formed unit

March 04, 2024 California

AI chip startup Groq has acquired Definitive Intelligence for an undisclosed sum to support its newly formed GroqCloud unit, which Definitive Intelligence co-founder and CEO Sunny Madra will lead. GroqCloud is a cloud platform that provides Groq hardware documentation, code samples, and on-demand...

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Read SK Telecom teams up with specialists for new AI liquid cooling Solution
  SK Telecom teams up with specialists for new AI liquid cooling Solution

SK Telecom teams up with specialists for new AI liquid cooling Solution

February 27, 2024 South Korea

Korean telco SK Telecom (SKT) is teaming up with liquid cooling specialist Iceotope and lubricant developer SK Enmove to design a new liquid cooling solution for AI data centers. The companies will collaborate to deploy precision liquid cooling (PLC) using SK Enmove’s thermal fluid at SKT’s AI...

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