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Meta will once again expand its data centre in Sarpy County, the company announced on Facebook. -
India’s financial regulator has fined Reliance Industries, the owner of Jio, for failing to announce Facebook’s US$5.7 billion investment. Two compliance officers were also fined.
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Five hyperscalers make up the world’s five most valuable brands, according to the latest brand-value survey, and two others are also in the top 10.
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The Singapore-based DC Alliance is to "explore the commercial viability" of a tier-rated data centre in the Republic of Palau following an MoU with the Pacific Blockchain Corporation and the launch of a Digital Residency scheme in the country.
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The US government last week recommended that Google and Meta’s undersea data cable to Asia should be approved for use.
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In news that will surprise almost nobody, Meta has confirmed it will continue to use AWS as its long-term cloud provider as it scales R&D, drives operational efficiency... and looks for more acquisitions.
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The chairman of the US House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel has unveiled a new strategy to take on big tech.
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has announced the withdrawal of the US safe harbour proposal, paving the way for a digital tax on the likes of Google, Amazon and Facebook.
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Reliance Industries is rumoured to have partnered Google and Facebook to develop a new payments network in India.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is the latest vendor to throw its weight behind open, cloud-native 5G networks, with a stack of software that it says will speed commercial deployment.
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Greater Kudu, LLC, a subsidiary of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has filed an application with Los Lunas city officials seeking $6.6 billion in additional funding to expand its New Mexico data centre expansion.
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US senator Amy Klobuchar is taking on Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple (GAFA) in an anti-trust reform bill that she has introduced into Congress.
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Four operators in Indonesia have successfully carried out the first trial of open-source radio technology, a technique some see as bringing down the cost of mobile services.
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Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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Facebook has confirmed plans to move its UK users to new agreements with its corporate headquarters in California.
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Indians are boycotting Reliance Jio as protests over the country's agricultural reforms intensify.
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Social Media giant Facebook has been sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on the grounds of ‘anticompetitive conduct’.
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Japanese incumbent telco NTT and vendor NEC are working together to compete with US-based internet giants in future wireless and optical networks, and to wrest control away from largely English-speaking companies.
