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Read Ansys and TSMC to partner with Microsoft for silicon photonic simulations
Ansys and TSMC to partner with Microsoft for silicon photonic simulations

Ansys and TSMC to partner with Microsoft for silicon photonic simulations

October 15, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Ansys and TSMC have teamed up with Microsoft to enhance the simulation and analysis of silicon photonic components. Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology is a type of optical communication that speeds up data transfer speeds and is used in data centers and IoT applications.“The...

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Read Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy
Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy

Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy

October 05, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has committed to investing €4.3 billion ($4.75bn) in expanding its cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) data centre infrastructure in Italy, making this Microsoft's largest investment in the country to date. It will be expanding its data center in Northern Italy, and has also...

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Read Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy
Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy

Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy

October 03, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has committed to investing €4.3 billion ($4.75bn) in expanding its cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) data centre infrastructure in Italy, making this Microsoft's largest investment in the country to date. It will be expanding its data center in Northern Italy, and has also...

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Read PDG to develop data center campus at Mindspace park
PDG to develop data center campus at Mindspace park

PDG to develop data center campus at Mindspace park

September 27, 2024 Princeton Digital Group

Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has signed a deal with business park developer Mindspace REIT to develop three more data centers outside Mumbai, India. Under this partnership, Mindspace REIT will develop three additional built-to-suit data centers for PDG, adding a further 1 million sq ft to its...

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Read PDG announces $1bn expansion plan in Mumbai and Chennai
PDG announces $1bn expansion plan in Mumbai and Chennai

PDG announces $1bn expansion plan in Mumbai and Chennai

September 23, 2024 Princeton Digital Group

Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has announced plans to expand its data center capacity in Mumbai and Chennai, India through a $1 billion into the country which will bring its India portfolio to 230MW of capacity. DG plans to add three new facilities, bringing the total campus capacity to 150MW...

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Read Microsoft signs carbon deal with Arbor
Microsoft signs carbon deal with Arbor

Microsoft signs carbon deal with Arbor

September 21, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a biomass carbon sequestration carbon capture deal with biomass sequestering company Arbor. The company's system uses waste biomass to create power, while also capturing the CO2 it says would have been released into the atmosphere via that biomass decomposing or burning up in...

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Read Microsoft signs 20-year, 835MW AI data center PPA to reopen Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant
Microsoft signs 20-year, 835MW AI data center PPA to reopen Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant

Microsoft signs 20-year, 835MW AI data center PPA to reopen Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant

September 20, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft plans to take up 100 percent of a revived Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to faid its AI datacenter plans. If approved by regulators, Constellation hopes to open the 837MW Pennsylvania facility in 2028. 100 percent of the power will go to Microsoft, to match the power used by its...

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Read AWS signs custom chip deal with Intel
AWS signs custom chip deal with Intel

AWS signs custom chip deal with Intel

September 18, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has entered into a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar contract with Intel to develop custom chip designs. Following the terms of this agreement, Intel will produce an AI fabric chip for AWS on Intel 18A, and produce a custom Xeon 6 chip on Intel 3. Intel has long developed...

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Read STT GDC India names Bimal Khandelwal as new CEO
STT GDC India names Bimal Khandelwal as new CEO

STT GDC India names Bimal Khandelwal as new CEO

September 17, 2024 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has appointed Bimal Khandelwal as the new CEO of its India business. He has previously served as the CFO for STT GDC India. Prior to that, he worked in the telecoms, financial services, and IT sectors, including at Tata Teleservices. He is to succeed...

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Read NTT selected to deploy Private 5G in Brownsville, Texas
NTT selected to deploy Private 5G in Brownsville, Texas

NTT selected to deploy Private 5G in Brownsville, Texas

September 10, 2024 NTT

NTT Data has been selected by the City of Brownsville in Texas to deploy private 5G wireless connectivity across the city. It will build and manage a turnkey private 5G network with high-speed and low latency. In addition, NTT’s Smart Solutions will be deployed to deliver data analysis,...

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Read Oracle and AWS partner for Oracle Database@AWS
Oracle and AWS partner for Oracle Database@AWS

Oracle and AWS partner for Oracle Database@AWS

September 10, 2024 Amazon AWS

Oracle and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are launching Oracle Cloud offerings on Amazon's cloud platform. This solution enables customers to access Oracle Autonomous Database on dedicated infrastructure and Oracle Exadata Database Service within AWS. It will also allow customers to connect their...

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Read Microsoft signs rooftop solar PPA in Singapore
Microsoft signs rooftop solar PPA in Singapore

Microsoft signs rooftop solar PPA in Singapore

September 05, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement with EDP Renewables (EDPR) to purchase 100 percent of the renewable energy exported to the grid from the energy firm's 200MWp SolarNova 8 project. EDPR said phase eight of the SolarNova program is both the largest solar project in Singapore...

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Read Gold Fields migrates to AWS
Gold Fields migrates to AWS

Gold Fields migrates to AWS

September 03, 2024 Amazon AWS

Mining company Gold Fields revealed at the recent AWS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa that it has migrated its SAP and treasury systems to Amazon Web Services. Gold Fields has been able to adopt advanced analytics, machine learning (ML), and generative artificial intelligence (AI)...

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Read STT GDC to pilot AI data center cooling control system
STT GDC to pilot AI data center cooling control system

STT GDC to pilot AI data center cooling control system

August 31, 2024 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has annunced plans to pilot an artificial intelligence-based autonomous control system for cooling. Daniel Pointon, group CTO at STT GDC, said: “Combining our expertise in delivering AI-ready data centers across major economic hubs with Phaidra’s...

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Read Microsoft signs new renewable energy deal in India
Microsoft signs new renewable energy deal in India

Microsoft signs new renewable energy deal in India

August 29, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft this week announced the signing of a green attribute sale contract of 437.6MW with Indian renewable energy firm ReNew in a deal said to be amongst India's largest corporate renewable agreements. As part of the agreement, ReNew will direct approximately $15 million of revenue from the...

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Read Microsoft petitioned for illegally dumping waste in local lake
Microsoft petitioned for illegally dumping waste in local lake

Microsoft petitioned for illegally dumping waste in local lake

August 25, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Residents in Mekagunda, a village near Indian tech hotspot Hyderabad have filed a petition against Microsoft, and 35 other companies and government bodies in Telangana's High Court, alleging that Microsoft has illegally occupied land beyond its property, and is dumping industrial waste into a...

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Read Amazon plans data center expansion in Hyderabad, India
Amazon plans data center expansion in Hyderabad, India

Amazon plans data center expansion in Hyderabad, India

August 13, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has confirmed its plans to expand its data center presence in Hyderabad, India with investment in the Telangana region. The discussions were held in California in the US, and have seen AWS express a desire to expand its data center facilities and workforce in Hyderabad....

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Read Microsoft partners with Palantir on AI for US defense and intelligence Community
Microsoft  partners with Palantir on AI for US defense and intelligence Community

Microsoft partners with Palantir on AI for US defense and intelligence Community

August 11, 2024 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft and Palantir Technologies are teaming up to provide cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), and analytics capabilities to the US Defense and Intelligence Community units to help them access Microsoft's large language models (LLMs) via Azure OpenAI Service within Palantir's AI Platforms...

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Read CtrlS acquires land for new data center in India
CtrlS acquires land for new data center in India

CtrlS acquires land for new data center in India

August 06, 2024 CtrlS Datacenters Ltd

CtrlS Datacenters has acquired a parcel of land in Patna, India for an Edge data center development on a site less than 300m from its' existing Patna DC1 data center in the Pataliputra Industrial Area. The company plans to invest around Rs 400 crore ($477.2m) in the facility, which will have 10MW...

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Read AWS revenue hits $26.3bn for Q2 2024
AWS revenue hits $26.3bn for Q2 2024

AWS revenue hits $26.3bn for Q2 2024

August 03, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) brought in $26.3 billion in revenue for Q2 2024, an 18.8 percent jump over last year. However, Amazon still recorded a slower growth rate than its main rivals, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, both of which saw growth of 29 percent in the quarter. The growth of AWS has...

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