UK GOVERNMENT PLANS 2% TAX The UK HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) tax office has confirmed the government’s plan to introduce a Digital Services Tax from next month on all UK and foreign companies. This implies that tech companies…
THE BIGGEST DATA CENTRE IN WALES Next Generation Data (NGD), a UK based data center service provider is facing opposition from residents towards its South Wales data center expansion plans. The current facility is a key Welsh data center and…
QATAR APPROVES ITS FIRST GCP REGION Google has announced plans to develop four new cloud regions in Delhi, India; Doha, Qatar; Melbourne, Australia and Toronto, Canada. These new Google Cloud Platform (GCP) regions are to join the previously announced projects…
SECOND US SIGNAL FACILITY IN GREATER DETROIT AREA Data center provider US Signal has officially opened its new data center in Van Buren Township, Michigan, sited on the outskirt of Detroit. This Tier III facility currently spans 25,000 square feet…
HEADQUARTERS MOVE TO THE U.S. FROM SWITZERLAND Private equity firm Insight Partners has just acquired cloud data management firm Veeam at a valuation of approximately $5 billion. Under the ownership of Insight Partners, Veeam will become a U.S. company and…
TARGETING 11 STATES Google has just announced plans to invest about $10 billion in its offices and data centers across the United States in 2020. As announced, the company will focus its new investments in 11 states which include Colorado,…
OFFERING $1,000 OF CREDITS TO CUSTOMERS The Cloud services arm of Alibaba is now supporting its customers whose business have been impacted by the Coronavirus outbreak with free credits to purchase its cloud service. To ensure business continuity, the cloud…
PART OF A $1.1B INVESTMENT PLAN Microsoft has announced a $1.1 billion investment plan to drive digital transformation in Mexico including the development of its first cloud region in the country. According to the company, the new cloud datacenter region…
THE FIRST GCP REGION IN SOUTH KOREA Google Cloud has announced the opening of its new Google Cloud Platform (GCP) region in Seoul, South Korea, designed to support the giant’s Korean customers. The Seoul region was first announced last year…
ALEXANDRA SCHLESS IS NORTHC CEO A Netherlands data center providers’ merger between The Datacenter Group (TDCG) and NLDC (Netherlands Data Centers) has just announced NorthC as its new brand name. TDCG and NLDC were merged in July 2019 by their…
/ Daily News…