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Read Itel Invests $20 million in Etix Everywhere JV in Bangkok
Itel Invests $20 million in Etix Everywhere JV in Bangkok

Itel Invests $20 million in Etix Everywhere JV in Bangkok

May 19, 2023 Etix Everywhere

Interlink Telecom (Itel) of Thailand has declared its intention to invest in its data center partnership with Etix Everywhere. In conjunction with Australian firm Edge Centres, the company has also recently debuted an Edge facility. The Bangkok Post reports that Intel revealed plans to invest $20...

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Read Datacenter United Buys Hasselt DC With Two Belgian Facilities
Datacenter United Buys Hasselt DC With Two Belgian Facilities

Datacenter United Buys Hasselt DC With Two Belgian Facilities

May 10, 2023 Belgium

Datacenter United, based in Belgium, is acquiring local collocation provider Hasselt DC and constructing a new data center. This week, investment company and DCU proprietor TINC announced that the two Hasselt DC data centers in Limburg are now "part of the Datacenter United ecosystem." The terms...

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Read Racial Harassment at Google Data Center Construction Site Cost Whiting-Turner $1.2m
Racial Harassment at Google Data Center Construction Site Cost Whiting-Turner $1.2m

Racial Harassment at Google Data Center Construction Site Cost Whiting-Turner $1.2m

May 08, 2023 Google

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against the construction company Whiting-Turner alleging racial harassment and retaliation against former Black employees. The lawsuit centered on the company's role as the general contractor for the Google data center's...

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Read Google Will Build Two Additional Data Centers in Ohio
Google Will Build Two Additional Data Centers in Ohio

Google Will Build Two Additional Data Centers in Ohio

May 05, 2023 Google

Google and state officials announced on Wednesday that the company intends to construct two additional data centers in Ohio to support its artificial intelligence equipment and other tools. According to officials, with one data center already operational in the Columbus area, Google's total...

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Read Google Downtime Due to Paris Global Switch Data Center Fire Caused by Water Leak
Google Downtime Due to Paris Global Switch Data Center Fire Caused by Water Leak

Google Downtime Due to Paris Global Switch Data Center Fire Caused by Water Leak

April 28, 2023 Google

The Paris data center of Global Switch caught fire, bringing down Google services in Europe. According to a post to the French Network Operators Group, the fire seems to have been started by a cooling system water pump malfunction that caused water to leak into the battery room, sparking the...

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Read Google signs new PPA with EDPR
Google signs new PPA with EDPR

Google signs new PPA with EDPR

April 25, 2023 Google

Google has announced that it has signed a new Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), EDPR NA Distributed Generation (EDPR NA DG), for solar energy in the US. This deal is reportedly the largest-ever corporate sponsorship for distributed generation signed between two companies in the US. Over 80...

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Read Google merges DeepMind and Brain
Google merges DeepMind and Brain

Google merges DeepMind and Brain

April 25, 2023 Google

Google has announced a merger between its DeepMind subsidiary and Google Research's Brain division, dubbed 'Google DeepMind, as it pursues its big AI push. Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai outlined that this move will "significantly accelerate" the company's AI progress. This move may come...

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Read Google signs 10-year wind deal with Eneco
Google signs 10-year wind deal with Eneco

Google signs 10-year wind deal with Eneco

April 19, 2023 Google

Google has announced that it has signed a new 10-year PPA with Eneco, a Dutch utility company, for 0.5TW/h of power, with a capacity of 153MW across the lifespan of the deal. The two wind farms the energy will be sourced from are the Fryslân offshore wind farm and the Kroningswind onshore wind...

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Read Google signs wind PPA with Luminus in Belgium
Google signs wind PPA with Luminus in Belgium

Google signs wind PPA with Luminus in Belgium

April 13, 2023 Google

Google has signed a new Power Purchase Agreement (PPAs) with Luminus to source wind energy in Belgium. The 12-year deal will see the tech giant acquire 23.8MW of energy from the Belgium energy company, sourced from four new onshore wind projects. According to Google, the PPA in Belgium will keep...

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Read Google announces new cloud region in Doha, Qatar
Google announces new cloud region in Doha, Qatar

Google announces new cloud region in Doha, Qatar

April 04, 2023 Google

Google has announced that it has launched a new cloud region located in Doha, Qatar, following the tech giant first announcing plans for expansion in this regard in 2020. The cloud region, the second that Google has launched this year, also launches alongside three availability zones and the...

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Read Latest figures on renewable power reveal data center operators increased purchases by 50 percent in a year
Latest figures on renewable power reveal data center operators increased purchases by 50 percent in a year

Latest figures on renewable power reveal data center operators increased purchases by 50 percent in a year

April 04, 2023 Google

Recent figures from S&P Global have revealed that the amount of renewable power purchased by data center operators has surged 50 percent in just a year. This latest figure now means that the sector utilizes two-thirds of the renewable power available to corporates in the US. The report...

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Read Google's new RFP system to reduce process time required for PPAs
Google's new RFP system to reduce process time required for PPAs

Google's new RFP system to reduce process time required for PPAs

March 27, 2023 Google

Google has announced the development of a new Request for Proposal (RFP) system in collaboration with LevelTen Energy which it said will reduce the time required to sign a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). This development comes from Google to simplify RFPs for PPAs which it said are "lengthy,...

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Read A New Google Cloud Platform Region Has Been Launched in Turin, Italy
A New Google Cloud Platform Region Has Been Launched in Turin, Italy

A New Google Cloud Platform Region Has Been Launched in Turin, Italy

March 24, 2023 Google

Google has introduced a new cloud region in Turin, Italy. The company did not disclose the new region's details or specs, although it did note that it has three availability zones and offers standard GCP services. After a busy 2022, it is the first new region the company has introduced in 2023....

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Read Etix Everywhere Receives $47M Investment From Eurazeo
Etix Everywhere Receives $47M Investment From Eurazeo

Etix Everywhere Receives $47M Investment From Eurazeo

February 24, 2023 Etix Everywhere

Data center company Etix Everywhere has received a $46.8 million investment from European private equity firm Eurazo. The funding was obtained by Etix Everywhere's French division through Eurazo's infrastructure strategy, according to a report this week from Global Data Centre Group (GDC),...

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Read Google's Arm Data Center CPUs Reach Milestone Before Predicted 2025 Cloud Deployment
Google's Arm Data Center CPUs Reach Milestone Before Predicted 2025 Cloud Deployment

Google's Arm Data Center CPUs Reach Milestone Before Predicted 2025 Cloud Deployment

February 15, 2023 Google

Following the successful introduction of Arm server processors by Amazon Web Service, Google Cloud is preparing two Arm CPUs for its cloud service. Before launching the cloud service in 2025, the firm made a significant stride and will put them into trial operation this year. The cloud servers...

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Read Uber Chooses Oracle and Google for 7-year Cloud Agreements, Shutting its Data Centers
Uber Chooses Oracle and Google for 7-year Cloud Agreements, Shutting its Data Centers

Uber Chooses Oracle and Google for 7-year Cloud Agreements, Shutting its Data Centers

February 14, 2023 Google

Uber Technologies wants to close its data center facilities after signing two significant cloud contracts. In two seven-year contracts, it will migrate over 95% of its IT to Google Cloud and Oracle from its own data centers. After 11 months of analysis, the taxi and delivery startup opted to use...

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Read NRB Group Purchases The Wallonia Data Center in Belgium
NRB Group Purchases The Wallonia Data Center in Belgium

NRB Group Purchases The Wallonia Data Center in Belgium

February 09, 2023 Belgium

Belgian IT services provider Win and its data center affiliate Wallonia Data Center have been bought by Belgian ICT company NRB Group. This week, the business disclosed that it had purchased Nethys, a telecom owned by Enodia, as well as Win and its affiliate Wallonia Data Center (WDC). The...

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Read Elon Musk Halts Data Center Consolidation, Google Cloud Makes Cutbacks
Elon Musk Halts Data Center Consolidation, Google Cloud Makes Cutbacks

Elon Musk Halts Data Center Consolidation, Google Cloud Makes Cutbacks

February 09, 2023 Google

Late on Wednesday, there was a Twitter outage that prevented users from Tweeting, following accounts, or sending direct messages. A notification stating that the "daily limit of tweets has been reached" was displayed to certain users. Elon Musk, the CEO and new owner, advised workers in an email...

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Read Google lays off 6% of its workforce
Google lays off 6% of its workforce

Google lays off 6% of its workforce

January 25, 2023 Google

Alphabet, Google's parent company, has announced that it is making further cuts to its staff, and is set to lose around 6% of its global workforce. The giant's reasoning for the significant downsizing is similar to the reasons cited by other tech firms that have cut back on staff in recent...

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Read Google seeks to expand Omaha, Nebraska data center
Google seeks to expand Omaha, Nebraska data center

Google seeks to expand Omaha, Nebraska data center

January 04, 2023 Google

Google is reportedly looking to expand its data center site development in Omaha, Nebraska after it first announced and filed to build a data center near State Street and Blair High Road to the northwest of the city in April. Now, according to reports, the giant has applied to rezone an...

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