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Read Big tech greenwashing: A failure to deliver on sustainability pledges
Big tech greenwashing: A failure to deliver on sustainability pledges

Big tech greenwashing: A failure to deliver on sustainability pledges

February 11, 2022 Google

Nearly every day, it seems another tech company has made another big green pledge; however, according to the nonprofit NewClimate Institute, big tech's promises to deliver on sustainability are not leading to action. Lacking real substance, according to the report, even the companies that are...

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Read AWS Reveals The Size of Properties Under Its Control
AWS Reveals The Size of Properties Under Its Control

AWS Reveals The Size of Properties Under Its Control

February 11, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has revealed that it has over 26 million square feet (2,415,500 square meters) under its control. The company announced this through its latest 10-K filing. The filing further showed that the company owns 11.9 million square feet (1,105,500 square meters) and leases 14.1...

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Read Amazon Receives $4.7bn In Subsidies From Global Governments For The Development of Facilities
Amazon Receives $4.7bn In Subsidies From Global Governments For The Development of Facilities

Amazon Receives $4.7bn In Subsidies From Global Governments For The Development of Facilities

February 10, 2022 Amazon AWS

According to Good Jobs First, Amazon has received at least $4.7 billion in federal and state subsidies over the past decade around the world. The subsidies support the development of warehouses, call centers, data centers, offices, and film production projects. The watchdog group compiled data...

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Read Google Has Still Not Acquired Land For Data Center in Sherburne County
Google Has Still Not Acquired Land For Data Center in Sherburne County

Google Has Still Not Acquired Land For Data Center in Sherburne County

February 10, 2022 Google

Google has still not started work on its proposed $600 million data center in Becker, Minnesota. The search engine giant announced plans for the data center in 2019, yet, the two companies involved said they hadn’t abandoned the project. At the time of the announcement, Google said it was mulling...

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Read Kao Data opens 16MW data center in Slough, UK
Kao Data opens 16MW data center in Slough, UK

Kao Data opens 16MW data center in Slough, UK

February 07, 2022 Kao Data Slough

Kao Data has announced that it has opened a new data center in Slough, UK. The UK data center operator revealed that it opened the 16MW facility to the west of London. The data center will match the operational blueprint and design of Kao’s Harlow campus. In addition, it will also provide a PUE...

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Read Amazon set to expand presence in Loudoun
Amazon set to expand presence in Loudoun

Amazon set to expand presence in Loudoun

February 03, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon’s data center unit, Amazon Data Services Inc, may be looking to expand its data center footprint in Loudoun County following the purchase of three buildings in Sterling, Virginia. The office buildings are located at 46000, 46010 and 46020 Manekin Plaza, and the deal closed for a total of...

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Read Equinix Is Closing Its MA2 Facility in Manchester
Equinix Is Closing Its MA2 Facility in Manchester

Equinix Is Closing Its MA2 Facility in Manchester

January 31, 2022 Equinix Manchester MA2

Equinix has announced that it will be closing its MA2 facility in Manchester, UK. The data center says it will no longer operate the facility when the lease on the property expires in June 2023. According to Equinix, the data center does not meet its evaluation criteria anymore. Besides, the...

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Read The Dublin City Council Challenges AWS' Plans For Another Data Center
The Dublin City Council Challenges AWS' Plans For Another Data Center

The Dublin City Council Challenges AWS' Plans For Another Data Center

January 25, 2022 Amazon AWS

Plans for another Amazon Web Services data center in Dublin, Ireland, are at risk of being stopped by the local council. The council asked AWS for proof that another data center would not over-saturate the area. AWS plans to build some facilities in north Dublin near its existing data center...

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Read Google's Council Bluffs data center complete
Google's Council Bluffs data center complete

Google's Council Bluffs data center complete

January 25, 2022 Google

Google's Council Bluffs data center is complete, it has announced. This means the giant's investment in the city has now reached $5 billion. Speaking about the company's investment in the area, Council Bluffs Mayor Matt Walsh said in a press release:​​ "Google's $5 billion of capital investment...

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Read USDA awards Lumen with a $1.2 billion network services contract
USDA awards Lumen with a $1.2 billion network services contract

USDA awards Lumen with a $1.2 billion network services contract

January 21, 2022 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has won a $1.2 billion contract from the US Department of Agriculture. Lumen is to deliver a fully integrated wide-area data transport service to over 9,500 US Department of Agriculture locations across the country and around the world. With this contract, Lumen will offer a...

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Read AWS continues to expand its local zones
AWS continues to expand its local zones

AWS continues to expand its local zones

January 14, 2022 Amazon AWS

Ever-growing and expanding its reach, AWS has announced that local zones are now available in Atlanta, Phoenix, and Seattle. This expansion means that the giant now has 17 Edge locations in 16 US metros. Its zones now include Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Las...

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Read Amazon data center in store for Desoto?
Amazon data center in store for Desoto?

Amazon data center in store for Desoto?

January 11, 2022 Amazon AWS

Reports are circulating about Amazon's recent purchase of a 9-acre development site on Hampton Road south of Interstate 20 in DeSoto, southern Dallas County. This latest land acquisition has got people talking about whether the giant is planning another data center, considering its recent and...

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Read Leeward repowers wind farm supplying Amazon with renewable energy
Leeward repowers wind farm supplying Amazon with renewable energy

Leeward repowers wind farm supplying Amazon with renewable energy

January 07, 2022 Amazon AWS

Leeward Renewable Energy LLC has announced that it has completed the repowering of its 54.4-MW Crescent Ridge wind farm in Illinois, which will provide Amazon with renewable energy. This process involved decommissioning nine turbines, installing Vestas turbines, and replacing 24 legacy turbines....

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Read AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment
AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment

AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment

January 05, 2022 Amazon AWS

Further to AWS announcing that it is establishing its AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region, reports are now circulating that the giant will be investing an estimated $5 billion (IDR$71 trillion) in Indonesia across the 15 years through the region.According to reports, this investment will cover...

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Read Google buys 236 acres of land in Kansas City
Google buys 236 acres of land in Kansas City

Google buys 236 acres of land in Kansas City

December 27, 2021 Google

Google has completed the acquisition of hundreds of acres of lands in Kansas City’s Northland. The search engine giant plans to develop data centers at the site. According to Kansas City Business Journal, property records show that Google bought 236.4 acres of land to the north of Hunt Midwest....

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Read Proximity Data Centers opens new facility in Birmingham, UK
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Proximity Data Centers opens new facility in Birmingham, UK

December 21, 2021 nLighten Edge 8 Birmingham

Proximity Data Centres has announced that it has opened its Birmingham facility near the new HS2 rail station and BBC campus. The company outlines the facility site spans, with 63,000 sq ft (5,800 sq m) available in the actual facility with space for 2000 racks located across three data halls....

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Read AWS: New Indonesian cloud region for Jakarta
AWS: New Indonesian cloud region for Jakarta

AWS: New Indonesian cloud region for Jakarta

December 15, 2021 Amazon AWS

AWS has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Jakarta, Indonesia, and has been created to support the 'fast-growing startup ecosystem, large Indonesian enterprises, and government agencies.' The region is now the tenth active in the Asia Pacific and mainland China after Beijing, Hong...

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Read AWS to develop data center region in Queretaro, Mexico
AWS to develop data center region in Queretaro, Mexico

AWS to develop data center region in Queretaro, Mexico

December 10, 2021 Amazon AWS

According to Bloomberg, Amazon Web Services plans to open a new data center region in Mexico. The report claims AWS is close to signing a deal with the Mexican federal government over opening a new region in Queretaro. Although no date has been set, an official report is expected soon....

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Read AWS announces new AWS Top Secret Region
AWS announces new AWS Top Secret Region

AWS announces new AWS Top Secret Region

December 09, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has announced another Top Secret cloud region to host classified government data. The new region will operate workloads at the Top-Secret United States security classification level, which is the highest security classification in the US. The new Top-Secret West region will...

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Read AWS to launch more than 30 Local Zones globally
AWS to launch more than 30 Local Zones globally

AWS to launch more than 30 Local Zones globally

December 05, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is rolling out its Local Zones across the globe next year. The company will be opening 30 new locations across over 20 countries. Local Zones are used for Edge locations that host applications requiring low latency to end-users or on-premises installations. Each Local...

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