The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving new demand for cloud computing infrastructure operated by tech giants including Amazon and Microsoft, which are investing billions of dollars each year… Read More
Bellevue, Wash.-based Lumen Orbit, a startup that’s only about three months old, says that it’s closed a $2.4 million pre-seed investment round to launch its plan to put hundreds of… Read More
The Amazon Web Services executive who oversaw the cloud giant’s massive network of data centers is suddenly gone, without explanation. Amazon confirmed the departure of Chris Vonderhaar, who had been… Read More
Microsoft and Helion Energy on Wednesday announced a historic agreement that could pave the way to the world’s first fusion power plant. Helion plans to build the commercial facility in… Read More
Data centers packed with millions of servers provide the backbone of the internet, dishing up everything from cat videos to financial transactions to online gaming when and where you need… Read More
Update: In a court filing on Jan. 10, 2024, federal prosecutors vacated the prior guilty pleas of Christian Kirschner and Kyle Ramstetter in connection with these allegations, describing prosecution as… Read More
Microsoft says it’s taking the next giant leap in cloud computing, in partnership with SpaceX and its Starlink broadband satellite constellation. “By partnering with leaders in the space community, we… Read More
A severe lightning storm in the San Antonio area last week not only disrupted the power supply to Microsoft Azure’s data center in the region, it knocked the cooling systems… Read More
Google is practicing what it preaches, handing control of one of the most vital components of its data center operation over to its machine-learning algorithms during the past few months.… Read More
Microsoft kicked off the second phase of its experimental underwater data center project Wednesday, submerging a shipping-container sized data center with 864 servers near the Orkney Islands in Scotland. Back… Read More
As the data centers that run the computing world have become more powerful and sophisticated, just like their marketing executives, they produce a lot of hot air. Facebook says it… Read More
For all the discussion of the higher-level technologies that power the modern data center, the processor remains the most fundamental element of a server. One company controls the market for… Read More
The first availability zones within Microsoft Azure’s cloud computing regions are coming online for everyone Friday, bringing additional reliability and backup options for customers running applications in its Iowa and… Read More
In 2018 Google will launch five new cloud computing regions around the world, adding capacity as it gears up to take on its cloud rivals. The company announced Tuesday that… Read More
Eastern Oregon is building quite the reputation as the home of the West Coast data center, and Facebook added to that legacy Tuesday with plans to build two new data… Read More
Microsoft said this morning it plans to cut carbon emissions by 75 percent by 2030, taking another step in a push to use more clean energy and make its operations… Read More
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar touted the connections between his country and Seattle tech heavyweights such as Amazon and Microsoft during a quick visit today, and said he’s looking forward… Read More
IBM is set to open four new data centers in California, London, and Sydney, as it tries to stay competitive in the cloud business amid steadily declining overall revenue. The… Read More
Abundant clean energy sources, business friendly tax incentives, and new undersea fiber-optic cables will keep the Pacific Northwest as one of the most important regions in the U.S. data center… Read More
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced Wednesday that Diane Bryant, the executive in charge of Intel’s Data Center Group, is taking a six-to-eight-month leave of absence due to a “personal family… Read More
Intel’s data center chips have been a bright spot for the company over the last few years as PC demand slowed, but a weaker-than-expected performance from that group in the… Read More
Apple signed a deal earlier this year to purchase 200 megawatts of wind power for its Prineville, Ore., data center, adding to its investments in Oregon’s data center country. The… Read More
Amazon Web Services said it will open data centers in Sweden next year to serve customers in Nordic countries such as Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway. The new Stockholm region includes… Read More
In an appeal to binge-watchers everywhere, Greenpeace is using favorite Netflix characters to call out the streaming giant for its dependence on unrenewable energy. In a new video, parodying Netflix ads, Greenpeace… Read More
Here’s a no-brainer: 2017 will be a big year for the cloud. Cloud computing is an innovation rivaling the advent of client-server, the PC or the internet, and it’s going to… Read More
With 2.6 GW (gigawatts) of renewable energy purchased, Google is on pace to reach 100 percent renewable energy next year, including all its data centers and offices, said Urs Hölzle,… Read More
Large-scale data centers consume huge amounts of power, but Amazon Web Services is making an effort to move more of its consumption to renewable energy sources such as wind and… Read More
It sounded crazy last year when Amazon first announced plans to warm its new office towers in Seattle with recycled heat from a nearby data center. But now the company says it’s… Read More
Microsoft said today it has invested in three new deep-water cables designed to deliver data at higher speeds and greater capacity around the globe. Two of the new cables will connect… Read More
Apple’s cloud is getting bigger. The company announced today that it will spend more than $1.9 billion (€1.7 billion) on two new data centers in Europe. They’ll be built in Galway,… Read More
