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Read AWS on track for annualized revenue run rate of $100 billion
AWS on track for annualized revenue run rate of $100 billion

AWS on track for annualized revenue run rate of $100 billion

April 29, 2024 Amazon AWS

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:...

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Read AWS announces new campus in Indiana
AWS announces new campus in Indiana

AWS announces new campus in Indiana

April 25, 2024 Amazon AWS

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....

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Read Digital Realty to partner with Enel X for grid balancing UPS systems
Digital Realty to partner with Enel X for grid balancing UPS systems

Digital Realty to partner with Enel X for grid balancing UPS systems

April 24, 2024 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has revealed that it will be partnering with energy firm Enel X to roll out grid-balancing UPS systems in Ireland. The integrated battery banks, housed within Digital Realty’s Irish data centers, will relieve grid dependence on fossil fuel power plants during periods of frequency...

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Read Lumen secures new contract from GAO
Lumen secures new contract from GAO

Lumen secures new contract from GAO

April 15, 2024 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has secured a contract worth about $73.6 million from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) under the General Services Administration's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program. This multi-million dollar contract will see Lumen modernize network, data, voice,...

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Read Edged Energy plans new data center in Texas
Edged Energy plans new data center in Texas

Edged Energy plans new data center in Texas

April 13, 2024 Edged Energy

Edged Energy announced this week that it was pressing ahead with building the data center in Irving. This comes after the Irving City Council voted unanimously in support of the development of a new data center campus in the Dallas Fort Worth area of Texas “Sustainability is at the core of our...

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Read EdgeConneX secures $1.9 billion sustainable-tied financing
EdgeConneX secures $1.9 billion sustainable-tied financing

EdgeConneX secures $1.9 billion sustainable-tied financing

April 12, 2024 EdgeConneX

This week, EdgeConneX announced it had secured an additional $1.9 billion in sustainability-linked financing to support its EMEA expansion. The company mentioned that this financing consolidates it’s portfolio across EMEA, transitioning it from “stand-alone project-based funding to a more robust...

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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 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 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 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 NTT Docomo selects AWS for Japan Open RAN deployment
NTT Docomo selects AWS for Japan Open RAN deployment

NTT Docomo selects AWS for Japan Open RAN deployment

February 27, 2024 Amazon AWS

NTT Docomo has chosen Amazon Web Services to support the commercial deployment of its 5G Open RAN network in Japan. The company will use AWS to deploy Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Anywhere (Amazon EKS Anywhere), a container management software, at its 5G Open RAN. “Our philosophy at NTT...

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Read Clumio raises $75m in new funding round
 Clumio raises $75m in new funding round

Clumio raises $75m in new funding round

February 22, 2024 Amazon AWS

Public cloud data backup and recovery provider Clumio has raised $75m in a Series D round of funding led by Sutter Hill Ventures. Existing investors Index Ventures and Altimeter Capital, as well as new investor NewView Capital also participated in this round of funding. “Few markets are as big as...

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Read Verizon kickstarts construction of new cell tower in Texas
Verizon kickstarts construction of new cell tower in Texas

Verizon kickstarts construction of new cell tower in Texas

February 21, 2024 Verizon Enterprise

Verizon has started construction of a new cell tower at Fort Bliss Army Post in El Paso, Texas. This tower will be constructed by Boldyn Networks and will provide connectivity to service military personnel in Texas and New Mexico. “Verizon supports our military partners through a number of...

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Read Bloom Energy adds load ability to fuel cells
Bloom Energy adds load ability to fuel cells

Bloom Energy adds load ability to fuel cells

February 16, 2024 Amazon AWS

Fuel cell provider Bloom Energy has added the ability to follow loads to its fuel towers to enable better adjustment to variable demand and supply in microgrids and utilities.This new offering can be used by data center providers and others on microgrids, and also by the utility, who may use fuel...

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Read Amazon Web Services signs wind PPA in Oregon
Amazon Web Services signs wind PPA in Oregon

Amazon Web Services signs wind PPA in Oregon

February 13, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon has signed a new power purchase agreement to procure the output of a wind farm from Avangrid, Inc., part of the Iberdrola Group. Avangrid, Inc., part of the Iberdrola Group. “We are proud to have signed this agreement with Amazon, a company that shares our commitment to accelerating the...

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Read EQT Infrastructure partners with EdgeConneX to develop hyperscale facility
EQT Infrastructure partners with EdgeConneX to develop hyperscale facility

EQT Infrastructure partners with EdgeConneX to develop hyperscale facility

January 09, 2024 EdgeConneX

Investment firm EQT’s Infrastructure VI fund has invested in EdgeConneX to build and operate purpose-built data centers for hyperscale customers around the world, expanding the company into new markets. Terms of this investment were not shared. However, EQT noted that this investment by EQT...

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Read King George County vote to reconsider Amazon deal
King George County vote to reconsider Amazon deal

King George County vote to reconsider Amazon deal

January 06, 2024 Amazon AWS

In a recent development, Virginia's King George County Board of Supervisors voted to renegotiate the performance agreement with Amazon. This agreement is for the facility's first phase at the old Birchwood power plant on State Route 3 near Sealston. Following the existing agreement, Amazon would...

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