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Patria Launches New Data Center Company

Patria Launches New Data Center Company

May 22, 2025 ODATA SA

The investment company that founded Latin American data center firm OData, through one of its infrastructure funds, has announced the launch of Omnia, a new data center platform. Omnia will develop, build, and operate large-scale, purpose-built data centers across Latin America. Led by CEO...

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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 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 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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Read Mondelēz chooses AWS as primary cloud provider
Mondelēz chooses AWS as primary cloud provider

Mondelēz chooses AWS as primary cloud provider

January 09, 2025 Amazon AWS

Snack and confectionary company Mondelēz International has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its primary cloud provider and will move its entire ERP landscape to SAP RISE powered by AWS among others. The company hopes that the move will improve the security, agility, and reliability of its...

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Read AWS to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia
AWS to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia

AWS to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia

January 09, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia which will be used to support growing demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and is expected to create at least 550 new jobs. "We are delighted to expand our infrastructure...

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Read Equinix partners with Dell Technologies for private AI solution
Equinix partners with Dell Technologies for private AI solution

Equinix partners with Dell Technologies for private AI solution

January 01, 2025 Equinix

Equinix and Dell Technologies are teaming up to offer a private AI solution that enables customers to train AI models on public and private clouds deployed on-premises. Using the Dell AI Factory with Nvidia which combines Dell PowerEdge XE9680 with Nvidia GPUs, the Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet...

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Read Brazilian local government passes law to support Scala's AI City data center campus
Brazilian local government passes law to support Scala's AI City data center campus

Brazilian local government passes law to support Scala's AI City data center campus

December 30, 2024 Scala Data Centers

The Brazilian city of Eldorado do Sul, in Rio Grande do Sul state, has passed legislation to allow the construction of Scala Data Centers’ AI City. The legislation will change urban zoning and streamline procedures for the operators ‘mega complex.’ The urban zoning perimeter will be expanded to...

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Read Equinix to acquire BT Group's Irish data center business for €59 million
Equinix to acquire BT Group's Irish data center business for €59 million

Equinix to acquire BT Group's Irish data center business for €59 million

December 26, 2024 Equinix

Equinix has agreed to acquire BT Group's Irish data center business for €59 million ($61.3m). The transaction, expected to be completed in H1 of 2025, includes two operational data centers in CityWest and Ballycoolin, Dublin. BT's decision to divest is part of a broader strategy to transition...

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Read Equinix partners with Dell Technologies for private AI solution
Equinix partners with Dell Technologies for private AI solution

Equinix partners with Dell Technologies for private AI solution

December 20, 2024 Equinix

Equinix and Dell Technologies are teaming up to offer a private AI solution that enables customers to train AI models on public and private clouds deployed on-premises. Using the Dell AI Factory with Nvidia which combines Dell PowerEdge XE9680 with Nvidia GPUs, the Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet...

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Read The Co-operative Bank migrates IT infrastructure to AWS
The Co-operative Bank migrates IT infrastructure to AWS

The Co-operative Bank migrates IT infrastructure to AWS

December 14, 2024 Amazon AWS

The Co-operative Bank is migrating its applications from on-premise environments to Amazon Web Services, selecting IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl to aid with the migration and hopes that the move to AWS will reduce ongoing costs and improve service delivery for both employees and...

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Read Veon's Kyivstar launches Gen AI lab in Ukraine
Veon's Kyivstar launches Gen AI lab in Ukraine

Veon's Kyivstar launches Gen AI lab in Ukraine

December 06, 2024 Amazon AWS

Veon's Ukrainian subsidiary Kyivstar has this week announced the launch of a generative AI lab in partnership with Amazon Web Services. According to the company, the purpose of the launch is to support Ukrainian enterprises in introducing AI technologies, as part of an effort to boost the...

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Read AWS unveils S3 storage classes for Dedicated Local Zones
AWS unveils S3 storage classes for Dedicated Local Zones

AWS unveils S3 storage classes for Dedicated Local Zones

December 06, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 storage offering is now available via AWS Dedicated Local Zones, one of its on-premise cloud offerings. At the company's Re:Invent 2024 conference, AWS also revealed new S3 solutions: S3 Tables and S3 Metadata. The storage classes are designed to store data within a...

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