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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 STT GDC Launches Direct-Current Data Center Testbed in Singapore
STT GDC Launches Direct-Current Data Center Testbed in Singapore

STT GDC Launches Direct-Current Data Center Testbed in Singapore

February 03, 2026 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) is launching a direct-current (DC) data center testbed in Singapore. Called FutureGrid Accelerator, it is Southeast Asia’s first live High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC)-powered AI infrastructure testbed.Located at the Nanyang Technological University,...

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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 EuroCTP Selects Equinix's FR2 Data Center for Equity Trading Consildated Tape
EuroCTP Selects Equinix's FR2 Data Center for Equity Trading Consildated Tape

EuroCTP Selects Equinix's FR2 Data Center for Equity Trading Consildated Tape

January 29, 2026 Equinix

EuroCTP, a new provider of an EU real-time pre and post-trade Consolidated Tape (CT) for financial equity trades, has selected Equinix's FR2 data center to host its 'tape' in Frankfurt, Germany.“Equinix FR2 provides EuroCTP with the ideal foundation to drive growth, ensuring we can reliably meet...

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Read Equinix Launches Data Center in San Jose, California
Equinix Launches Data Center in San Jose, California

Equinix Launches Data Center in San Jose, California

January 26, 2026 Equinix

Equinix this week energized its SV12x facility, the first to do so under a new partnership between the city of San Jose and utility PG&E. The city and the utility partnered last year to guarantee power delivery for data centers. The deal promised infrastructure and speed improvements at a...

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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 Keppel secures rights to 720MW data center campus outside Melbourne, Australia
Keppel secures rights to 720MW data center campus outside Melbourne, Australia

Keppel secures rights to 720MW data center campus outside Melbourne, Australia

January 16, 2026 Keppel Data Center REIT

Keppel this week said its Connectivity Division has secured the rights to lease a 123-hectare contiguous site near Morwell, Victoria, with a gross power capacity of up to 720MW, from Australian energy and infrastructure landowner Lightwood Group.Manjot Singh Mann, CEO of Connectivity, Keppel,...

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Read Keppel Secures 10-year Land Lease Extension for Singapore
Keppel Secures 10-year Land Lease Extension for Singapore

Keppel Secures 10-year Land Lease Extension for Singapore

January 08, 2026 Keppel Data Center REIT

Keppel has secured a land lease extension for a data center campus in Singapore. The company last year announced that the relevant authorities had granted conditional approval for a 10-year land tenure lease extension for the Keppel Data Centre Campus at Genting Lane in Singapore.Keppel said the...

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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 Keppel Sells Stake in Two Singapore Data Centers to Keppel DC REIT
Keppel Sells Stake in Two Singapore Data Centers to Keppel DC REIT

Keppel Sells Stake in Two Singapore Data Centers to Keppel DC REIT

December 20, 2025 Keppel Data Center REIT

Singaporean asset manager Keppel has sold stakes in two data centers in Singapore to its data center real estate investment trust. Keppel Ltd.’s Connectivity Division has agreed to sell the remaining ten percent interest in Keppel DC Singapore 3 (KDC SGP 3) and one percent interest in Keppel DC...

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Read Radiant Raises $300m in Latest Funding Round
Radiant Raises $300m in Latest Funding Round

Radiant Raises $300m in Latest Funding Round

December 19, 2025 Equinix

Equinix-backed microreactor firm Radiant Industries has raised more than $300 million as part of its latest funding round. Draper Associates and Boost VC led the funding round, with additional financial commitments from current investors.According to the company, the latest funding round will...

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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 Equinix's Jeremy Mickler Joins OpenAI
Equinix's Jeremy Mickler Joins OpenAI

Equinix's Jeremy Mickler Joins OpenAI

December 06, 2025 Equinix

Jeremy Mickler has joined OpenAI's growing internal data center team to support its Stargate buildout. Mickler spent nearly ten years at Equinix, most recently as the design director of the global design and construction team."This transition comes with tremendous gratitude — for the people,...

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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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Read Equinix Inks 10MW Virtual PPA in Singapore
Equinix Inks 10MW Virtual PPA in Singapore

Equinix Inks 10MW Virtual PPA in Singapore

December 04, 2025 Equinix

Equinix has signed a 20-year 10MW virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA) with Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in Singapore. Under the terms of the agreement, Equinix will offtake power from a portfolio of rooftop solar assets, with a maximum capacity of 10MW. The assets are owned and...

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Read BlackRock Brings Aladdin Investment Platform to AWS
BlackRock Brings Aladdin Investment Platform to AWS

BlackRock Brings Aladdin Investment Platform to AWS

December 03, 2025 Amazon AWS

Investment management company BlackRock is teaming up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring its Asset, Liability, Debt, and Derivative Investment Network (Aladdin) platform to the cloud. “Our Aladdin clients are seeking open, flexible platforms that can adapt to their operating models and scale...

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