T5 and QuadReal $2.5B Partnership T5 Data Centers and QuadReal Property Group have just unveiled a platform to develop, acquire and operate data centres with a joint commitment of $2.5 billion in investment. This partnership is a response to the…
Equinix Acquires Switch AMS1 The Amsterdam based colocation provider Switch Datacenter, has announced the acquisition of it’s Amsterdam Datacenter AMS1 by Equinix for $34 million (€30 million) in cash.AMS1 currently offers 89,500 square feet of total floor space with 250…
Microsoft Carbon Fee Hike Microsoft Corp. has announced its plans to almost double the company’s internal carbon fee to $15 per metric ton on all carbon emissions. This increase is focused on holding Microsoft’s business divisions financially responsible for reducing…
Prince William Data Center Tax Prince William County, Virginia is considering increasing the tax rate on data centers, shifting the rate from $1.25 per $100 of assessed value to $2 per $100 of assessed value. The Prince William County Board…
Microsoft Or Amazon For JEDI Contract Microsoft Corp. and Amazon are now the only standing competitors for the Pentagon JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) $10 billion contract, after the elimination of other giants which includes IBM and Oracle. It was…
Azure Expands Regions in UK The cloud giant Microsoft Azure, has doubled the size of its existing regions in North and South UK. This development involves the addition of new availability zones in the south region and its UK compute…
New Google Cloud Regions Google cloud has announced its plans to open new regions in Salt Lake City, Utah and Seoul, South Korea. This announcement was made at the Google Cloud Next Conference in San Francisco. The new cloud regions…
Qualcomm Davis now with Intel George Davis, the chief financial officer of the chip maker Qualcomm, has left the company to become finance chief at rival Intel Corp.Davis had been Qualcomm’s finance chief for about 6years and also served on…
AWS Edge Location in Colombia Amazon web services announced at the just concluded Bogota summit that the company intends to open an edge location by the end of this year in Bogota, Colombia. This announcement was made by Jeffery Kratz,…
Verizon Expands Lockport Data Center Verizon Media has announced the expansion of the Lockport Data Center which will costs $28 million. The facility was acquired by Verizon from Yahoo in 2013 and merged to its subsidiary – Oath. This expansion…
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