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Read AWS Data Center Planned for Maintal, Germany
AWS Data Center Planned for Maintal, Germany

AWS Data Center Planned for Maintal, Germany

May 29, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled plans for a new data center in Maintal, Hesse, expanding its infrastructure footprint near Frankfurt. The 10.6-hectare (26-acre) site will include two data center buildings, a substation, and office space. AWS said the project is expected to create up to 100...

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Read Rowan Secures $3bn in Green Financing for Texas Data Center Campus
Rowan Secures $3bn in Green Financing for Texas Data Center Campus

Rowan Secures $3bn in Green Financing for Texas Data Center Campus

May 28, 2026 Rowan Digital Infrastructure

Rowan Digital Infrastructure has secured nearly $3 billion in debt financing to support construction of its turnkey data center campus in Temple. The company said the deal marks the largest financing in its history and will fund development of the 300MW campus. The financing was arranged under...

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Read Amazon Purchases Leased Virginia Data Center for $65 Million
Amazon Purchases Leased Virginia Data Center for $65 Million

Amazon Purchases Leased Virginia Data Center for $65 Million

May 12, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon has purchased a data center in Manassas, Virginia, that it had previously been leasing. According to local property records cited by BizJournal, an affiliate of Menlo Equities sold the property at 7505 Mason King Court to Amazon Data Services for $65 million. The 110,000-square-foot...

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Read AWS footprint reaches 56.84 million sq ft in 2025
AWS footprint reaches 56.84 million sq ft in 2025

AWS footprint reaches 56.84 million sq ft in 2025

May 05, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) operated a total of 56.839 million square feet (5.28 million sqm) of data center and office space in 2025. According to its 10-K filing, the company owned approximately 28.37 million sq ft (2.64 million sqm) and leased a further 28.469 million sq ft (2.64 million...

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Read Amazon Buys Office and Data Center Site in Maryland from T. Rowe
Amazon Buys Office and Data Center Site in Maryland from T. Rowe

Amazon Buys Office and Data Center Site in Maryland from T. Rowe

May 05, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Data Services acquired a nine-acre property in Owings Mills in Baltimore County from T. Rowe Price Group. The companies have confirmed the transaction. The site, located at 11550 Cronridge Drive, sold for $15.2 million and includes 111,000 sq ft (10,310 sqm) of office space.T. Rowe has...

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Read Amazon, Veolia Collaborate on Water Reuse at US Data Centers
Amazon, Veolia Collaborate on Water Reuse at US Data Centers

Amazon, Veolia Collaborate on Water Reuse at US Data Centers

April 27, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon has partnered with French utility company Veolia to reduce water use and expand water-reuse technology across its data center operations in Mississippi. The collaboration will focus on using reclaimed water for cooling, with the first facility expected to come online in 2027. As part of...

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Read NTT to Develop 200MW Data Center Campus Near Tokyo
NTT to Develop 200MW Data Center Campus Near Tokyo

NTT to Develop 200MW Data Center Campus Near Tokyo

April 21, 2026 NTT

Japanese technology giant NTT has announced plans for a new data center outside Tokyo. NTT Data this week said that work has begun on a new data center development in the Inzai–Shiroi area of Chiba Prefecture, outside Tokyo.The facility is being developed through NTT Global Data Centers (NTT...

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Read AWS Eyes $430m Data Center Project in Navi Mumbai
AWS Eyes $430m Data Center Project in Navi Mumbai

AWS Eyes $430m Data Center Project in Navi Mumbai

April 14, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning to invest $429.8 million in a data center near Taloja in Navi Mumbai, India. The cloud provider has applied to the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority for environmental clearance for the project, which is planned for a 49-acre site.According to...

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Read AWS Behind Plans for $750M Data Center in Clinton, Mississippi
AWS  Behind Plans for $750M Data Center in Clinton, Mississippi

AWS Behind Plans for $750M Data Center in Clinton, Mississippi

March 06, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is reportedly planning a $750 million data center project in Clinton, Mississippi. While the company has not been officially confirmed, WLBT3 reports that a quitclaim deed shows Amazon acquired the 99-acre site on February 13.The data center will be located at 1001...

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Read Amazon Capex to Hit $200bn in 2026
Amazon Capex to Hit $200bn in 2026

Amazon Capex to Hit $200bn in 2026

February 05, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon plans to double its capex spend in 2026, investing $200 billion, most of which will be funnelled into data centers for its AWS cloud division. The firm revealed the news as it reported its financial results for Q4 2025, which saw operating income across Amazon grow to $25 billion, up from...

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Read Amazon: 30,000 Jobs Out, $125 Billion in AI Spending In
Amazon: 30,000 Jobs Out, $125 Billion in AI Spending In

Amazon: 30,000 Jobs Out, $125 Billion in AI Spending In

February 04, 2026 Amazon AWS

The company blames bureaucracy. The balance sheet tells a different story. Amazon has now eliminated 30,000 corporate positions since October, making it the largest workforce reduction in the company's 30-year history. The cuts came in two waves: 14,000 in late October 2025, followed by another...

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Read Amazon Confirms 16,000 Layoffs, Including at AWS
Amazon Confirms 16,000 Layoffs, Including at AWS

Amazon Confirms 16,000 Layoffs, Including at AWS

January 30, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon plans to cut some 16,000 workers across the company, in its latest round of layoffs. Job losses were first rumored last week, and then accidentally leaked when a draft email written by Colleen Aubrey, a SVP at cloud division Amazon Web Services (AWS), was included in a calendar invitation...

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Read Amazon Plans 14,000 More Job Cuts
Amazon Plans 14,000 More Job Cuts

Amazon Plans 14,000 More Job Cuts

January 24, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon is gearing up to lay off as many as 14,000 white-collar workers, with cuts starting as soon as next Tuesday. Jobs at cloud division Amazon Web Services are among those at risk, along with retail, Prime Video, and human resources units. The cuts follow layoffs at AWS last July, which...

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Read AWS Plans Data Center in Covington, Georgia
AWS Plans Data Center in Covington, Georgia

AWS Plans Data Center in Covington, Georgia

January 03, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning a data center in Covington, just outside of Atlanta, Georgia.The company has made a $100 million agreement with the city to construct a water treatment and cooling facility to support the data center.“This new project is expected to generate significant new...

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Read AWS Gets Greenlight for Three Data Centers in Dublin
AWS Gets Greenlight for Three Data Centers in Dublin

AWS Gets Greenlight for Three Data Centers in Dublin

January 03, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has received planning permission for three data centers in north Dublin, Ireland. The greenlight, awarded by planning appeals body An Coimisiún Pleanála (ACP), comes three years after the application was first filed by Amazon affiliate Universal Developers LLC.The data...

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Read NTT Gains Council Approval for 482MW Data Center Campus in Nierstein, Germany
NTT Gains Council Approval for 482MW Data Center Campus in Nierstein, Germany

NTT Gains Council Approval for 482MW Data Center Campus in Nierstein, Germany

December 15, 2025 NTT

NTT is moving forward with a large data center campus outside Frankfurt, Germany. “Great news for our FRA6 data center campus in Nierstein: The city council has unanimously approved the development plan, an important milestone for our project,” the company said on LinkedIn over the weekend. “This...

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Read AWS to Invest $7bn in Data Centers in Hyderabad, India
AWS to Invest $7bn in Data Centers in Hyderabad, India

AWS to Invest $7bn in Data Centers in Hyderabad, India

December 12, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed an agreement with the Government of Telangana to significantly expand its data center footprint in the Indian state. AWS will invest $7 billion in its cloud infrastructure in Hyderabad over the next 14 years.A. Revanth Reddy, Telangana's Chief Minister, said:...

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Read Lumen Appoints Jim Fowler as CTO
Lumen Appoints Jim Fowler as CTO

Lumen Appoints Jim Fowler as CTO

December 11, 2025 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has appointed Jim Fowler as its executive vice president and chief technology and product officer. The new CTO is to succeed Dave Ward, who is leaving Lumen to become president and chief architect at Salesforce. Starting from January 6, Fowler will manage global technology and...

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Read NTT Signs 130MW of Capacity Leases
NTT Signs 130MW of Capacity Leases

NTT Signs 130MW of Capacity Leases

December 06, 2025 NTT

NTT this week announced agreements between its Global Data Center business and unnamed “leading hyperscale cloud providers,” leasing space across its campuses in Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, and Virginia.“These agreements reflect the trust our clients place in NTT Global Data Centers to deliver the...

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Read AWS and Google Cloud Partner on Multicloud Networking
AWS and Google Cloud Partner on Multicloud Networking

AWS and Google Cloud Partner on Multicloud Networking

December 05, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud are teaming up on a multicloud networking solution. Rob Enns, and AWS' VP of network services, Robert Kennedy, the two aim to help create a "more open" cloud environment wherein Google and AWS can connect with one another in a "simplified...

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