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Read Amazon to Invest $13bn in Data Centers in Australia
Amazon to Invest $13bn in Data Centers in Australia

Amazon to Invest $13bn in Data Centers in Australia

June 20, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon is planning to invest AU$20 billion (US$13bn) by 2029 in expanding data center infrastructure in Australia. The investment will see Amazon developing additional data centers and expanding its existing facilities in Sydney and Melbourne.Matt Garman, CEO of AWS, said of the company's...

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Read LLNL Partners with AWS on AI Troubleshooting System
LLNL Partners with AWS on AI Troubleshooting System

LLNL Partners with AWS on AI Troubleshooting System

June 13, 2025 Amazon AWS

The US' Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for an AI-driven troubleshooting and reliability system at LLNL's National Ignition Facility (NIF). While AI is already used to manage the data generated by those experiences and to improve...

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Read Amazon to expand Data Centers using Recycled Water to 120
Amazon to expand Data Centers using Recycled Water to 120

Amazon to expand Data Centers using Recycled Water to 120

June 11, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon this week announced it will expand its use of water recycling to more than 120 locations in states and counties where the cloud giant has data center operations by 2030.“By scaling our use of recycled water—water that has been previously used and treated—we expect to preserve over 530...

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Read Campaigners Oppose AWS-linked Data Center in Bedfordshire, UK
Campaigners Oppose AWS-linked Data Center in Bedfordshire, UK

Campaigners Oppose AWS-linked Data Center in Bedfordshire, UK

June 11, 2025 Amazon AWS

Campaigners are opposing a hyperscale data center campus planned for Bedfordshire, UK, over concerns about its impact on the water supply. The facility is likely to host servers for Amazon’s AWS cloud platform, with Amazon Data Services named in several council documents. However, advocacy group...

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Read Iberia Airlines Migrates to AWS
Iberia Airlines Migrates to AWS

Iberia Airlines Migrates to AWS

June 10, 2025 Amazon AWS

Iberia Airlines has decommissioned its data centers and has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider, and in a multi-year transformation project, has successfully migrated to the cloud. The airline is now using AWS services, including Amazon ECS, AWS Fargate, Amazon EventBridge, Amazon...

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Read AWS Establishes European Sovereign Cloud as Separate Company
AWS Establishes European Sovereign Cloud as Separate Company

AWS Establishes European Sovereign Cloud as Separate Company

June 07, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has established a new company for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud in light of increasing anxiety expressed by European customers. AWS European Sovereign Cloud will now have an independent European governance structure and its own dedicated Security Operations Center,...

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Read Amazon to Invest $10bn in North Carolina
Amazon to Invest $10bn in North Carolina

Amazon to Invest $10bn in North Carolina

June 07, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon has revealed plans to invest $10 billion for the expansion of its data center infrastructure in North Carolina which will be used to support the company's cloud and AI services, and is expected to bring 500 full time jobs to the region.“Artificial intelligence is changing the way we work...

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Read AWS' Quantum General Manager Joins Google
AWS' Quantum General Manager Joins Google

AWS' Quantum General Manager Joins Google

June 04, 2025 Amazon AWS

The general manager of quantum technologies at Amazon Web Services Simone Severini has left for Google after spending more than six years at the cloud giant, which is developing its own quantum computers along with offering other companies' systems on its Braket service. He is also a professor of...

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Read AWS Retires Private 5G Service
AWS Retires Private 5G Service

AWS Retires Private 5G Service

May 21, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in an update published on May 20, revealed that its 5G service had reached the end of its support date and could no longer be accessed. The Private 5G offering integrated small cell radio units, Outposts servers, a 5G core, and radio access network (RAN) software running...

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Read Insurer Marsh McLennan Selects AWS as Preferred Cloud Provider
Insurer Marsh McLennan Selects AWS as Preferred Cloud Provider

Insurer Marsh McLennan Selects AWS as Preferred Cloud Provider

May 16, 2025 Amazon AWS

Insurance giant Marsh McLennan has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider across its four global businesses - Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer, and Oliver Wyman. The company will migrate the majority of its global on-premises infrastructure to AWS, significantly reducing the company's physical...

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Read Equinix Launches First Indonesian Data Center in Jakarta
Equinix Launches First Indonesian Data Center in Jakarta

Equinix Launches First Indonesian Data Center in Jakarta

May 15, 2025 Equinix

Equinix this week inaugurated its first International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Jakarta via a joint venture with PT Astra International Tbk. JK1 is an eight-story facility offering 550 cabinets in the first phase. At full build-out, the facility will offer a total capacity of 1,600...

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Read Verizon Launches AI-centric Network ffering
Verizon Launches AI-centric Network ffering

Verizon Launches AI-centric Network ffering

January 27, 2025 Verizon Enterprise

Verizon has launched a new AI-centric network offering called Verizon AI Connect, an integrated suite of solutions and products designed to “enable businesses to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) workloads at scale.” The telco s looking to make its underutilized data center assets available for...

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Read Canadian gov't urges Amazon to reconsider shutting down the distribution centers in Quebec
Canadian gov't urges Amazon to reconsider shutting down the distribution centers in Quebec

Canadian gov't urges Amazon to reconsider shutting down the distribution centers in Quebec

January 25, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon announced this week that it would be closing seven warehouses in Quebec over the next two months, cutting more than 1,700 workers as a result. Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry - François-Philippe Champagne - has written to Amazon's CEO Andy Jassy, requesting the...

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Read AWS to invest in cloud infrastructure in Maharashta, India
AWS to invest in cloud infrastructure in Maharashta, India

AWS to invest in cloud infrastructure in Maharashta, India

January 24, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has committed to invest $8.3 billion in developing cloud infrastructure for its AWS Asia-Pacific (Mumbai) Region in Maharashtra, India. The company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 22, 2025, during the World Economic Forum 2025 to formalize the...

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Read Susquehanna Nuclear files petition to review FERC order
Susquehanna Nuclear files petition to review FERC order

Susquehanna Nuclear files petition to review FERC order

January 24, 2025 Amazon AWS

Susquehanna Nuclear LLC, the owner and operator of the 2.5GW Susquehanna steam electric station, has filed a petition in the Fifth Circuit court seeking a review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) order rejecting an expanded interconnection service agreement (ISA) at the power...

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Read Clayco launches dedicated data center division
Clayco launches dedicated data center division

Clayco launches dedicated data center division

January 23, 2025 Equinix

US construction contractor Clayco last week announced the launch of Clayco Compute, an integrated data center delivery business unit focused on specialized construction of advanced technology centers to cater to data center and quantum computing construction projects. The unit will encompass land...

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Read Apollo Global Management is acquiring Argo Infrastructure Partners.
Apollo Global Management is acquiring Argo Infrastructure Partners.

Apollo Global Management is acquiring Argo Infrastructure Partners.

January 20, 2025 TierPoint

Investment giant Apollo Global Management is acquiring Argo Infrastructure Partners in a deal that will add approximately $6 billion of assets to the Apollo infrastructure platform. Argo is the majority owner of US data center firm TierPoint, which operates around 40 facilities across 18 US...

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Read General Catalyst chooses AWS as primary cloud provder
General Catalyst chooses AWS as primary cloud provder

General Catalyst chooses AWS as primary cloud provder

January 18, 2025 Amazon AWS

General Catalyst, a global investment company, is teaming up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the development of healthcare AI tools, to be the company's official preferred cloud provider, supplying the necessary technology and compute for the development of solutions for healthcare systems....

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Read BBVA completes data platform migration to AWS
BBVA completes data platform migration to AWS

BBVA completes data platform migration to AWS

January 13, 2025 Amazon AWS

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has successfully migrated its data platform to Amazon Web Services (AWS), covering its European and Uruguay operations. BBVA announced its plans to migrate to the cloud provider in February 2023, citing the need for high-performance computing (HPC) for some...

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Read Mapping and location company Here signs 10-year $1bn deal with AWS
Mapping and location company Here signs 10-year $1bn deal with AWS

Mapping and location company Here signs 10-year $1bn deal with AWS

January 10, 2025 Amazon AWS

Mapping and location technology company Here has signed a 10-year deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to use its cloud computing infrastructure. Here will combine AWS technologies with its mapping solutions to help automakers develop location-sensitive technologies for their vehicles.“Location...

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