Cloud & Data Centers

Another data center IPO fizzles as investor appetite wanes

South Korean data center firm Elice's IPO disappointment is the latest sign the AI boom may have peaked.

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The ultimate guide to li-ion BESS fire safety standards

How updated fire safety standards and early off-gas detection can improve lithium-ion battery safety, support compliance and prevent thermal runaway

Microsoft Expands Sovereign Cloud Capabilities for AI Adoption in the Middle East

Microsoft announced a major expansion of its Sovereign Cloud capabilities, introducing new tools and services designed to give governments and enterprises greater control over how…

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Google Cloud says a 'power event' caused today's outage

Fells London zone, taking banks, parcel firm and property sites with it – and recovery is 'tentatively' due by 1300 UTC

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Google experiences "service disruption" in UK cloud region

Enersense and Betolar Oyj to develop security solutions for substations and data centers across the Baltics

Finnish firms will target grid and industrial customers

Digital Realty breaks ground on 22MW data center in Ankara, Türkiye

Partnering with Turkish investment firm Rönesans

Google expands partnership with Entergy Arkansas, will fund renewable energy and grid upgrades for West Memphis data center

Inks 440MW PPA and backs two BESS projects

Amazon makes vague commitment to unproven nuclear tech to power Indiana datacenters

Partner X-energy has not built a single working reactor yet

Europe’s cloud sovereignty rules could do more harm than good

Report warns that sovereignty is being used to favor selected national providers and could stifle pan-Europe clouds

Amazon and AEP to explore deployment of up to 960MW of X-energy SMRs in Indiana

Second major deal signed by Amazon and X-energy with a regional utility

Canada puts out Advanced Procurement Notice for data center in Ontario

Estimated to cost between CA$1.5bn and $1.85bn

Russian official proposes data centers in disused coal mines to protect from drone strikes

Prolonged Ukrainian strikes rattle Russian government

400MW data center eyed at old Navy cyber site in San Diego, California

Manchester Financial Group exploring potential of data center at NAVWAR HQ

Power alone won't unlock the next generation of AI data centers

Energy flexibility must be weighed as a critical consideration

Anthropic named as customer of EverWind's data center project in Nova Scotia

Data center is in pre-construction stages

Google explores data center site in Roanoke County, Virginia

Evaluates the Wood Haven Technology Park as a site for project

Stack files for second building at Lancaster campus, Texas

Maximizing efficiency and security through global vendor consolidation in IT Asset Disposition

How a unified global ITAD strategy can strengthen data security, simplify compliance and improve operational efficiency

AI chip startup Tenstorrent raises $1.5bn at $6.2bn valuation

Funding will support ongoing development of company’s Galaxy servers

Arelion looks to the Baltics as data centre demand goes north

Arelion has seen accelerating demand for its Baltic infrastructure, following recent investment in the region.

Alcoa sells New York aluminum smelter to data center developer for $315 million

Company doesn’t name buyer, but signs point to cryptominer NYDIG

Israel to cap capacity of new data centers at 200MW - report

New rules come as country faces unprecedented data center demand

Microsoft pulls out of delayed Nscale data center in Loughton, Essex

Would have been Nscale's anchor tenant at the site

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