MICROSOFT MOST SUSTAINABLE DC IN SWEDEN Microsoft has just unveiled its plans to build hyper-scale data centers in Gävle and Sandviken, Sweden, and have designed these facilities to be among the most sustainable to date. Microsoft will partner with Swedish…
Microsoft Set for Arizona The tech giant Microsoft Corp. now has two new sites in Goodyear, Arizona and announced its plans for the construction of huge data centers and offices on both sites.“As part of our plans to support the…
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…
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…
CXL Consortium Intel, Google and seven other datacenter tech giants have join forces to develop a high-speed interconnect known as the Compute Express Link (CXL) for datacenter chip-to-chip communication. The party of nine that are on the development of CXL…
Microsoft Cloud in Egypt At the just concluded 2019 Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Microsoft announced the plan to open its first datacenter in Egypt. This project is in collaboration with Telecom Egypt – the 165 years old Egyptian…
Microsoft Brazilian Cloud Contract Blocked The $352 million cloud contract that was recently awarded to Microsoft Corporation by the State Court of Justice of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has just been blocked by the National Justice Council (CNJ) of Brazil over…
Clippers Courtvision to run on Amazon The former CEO and one of the current largest shareholder of Microsoft – Steve Ballmer, just signed a cloud deal with rival Amazon Cloud Services for The Los Angeles Clippers which he solely owns.…
Microsoft Expanding Its Virginia Data Center Footprint Microsoft is once again expanding its data center campus in Boydton, a town in southern Virginia. The campus is going to be able to host one of three availability regions for the company’s…
Qatar Gives Go Ahead for Microsoft On Wednesday 2 January, 2019, the Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi announced at the Cabinet meeting held at…
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