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Bernard Looney, former CEO of oil and gas giant BP has joined sustainable data centre startup Prometheus Hyperscale as chair of its Board of Directors.
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Microsoft has hit back at Google Cloud's claims that its licensing terms “restrict” customers from moving to competitors, claiming the hyperscale rival is secretly funding a group trying to discredit the company.
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Investment firm KKR has formed a partnership with power generation investors Energy Capital Partners (ECP) to create a $50 billion fund to invest in digital infrastructure opportunities aimed at supporting AI and cloud workloads.
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Telecom Italia’s Sparkle has expanded its agreement with media delivery company Mainstreaming to support distribution of video content.
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Google’s 2024 environment report revealed that the tech giant’s green house gas (GHG) emissions rose by 13% year over year in 2023, while scope 2 emissions rose by 37%.
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Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from its business activities to "effectively zero by 2030".
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Capacity shares five key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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Cloud data management vendor Cohesity has appointed Kevin Delane as its new global chief revenue officer.
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Proximus and HCL Technologies are partnering on the provision of cloud services for enterprises through Proximus' data centres.
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While many believe satellite and fibre will save the day for unconnected Africa, Wim van Thillo, CEO and co-founder at Pharrowtech, has another suggestion
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Equinix, Inc. has won a contract to host the gaming platform operated by i3D.net on Platform Equinix.
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Mega-project HyperOne has received registrations of interest from more than 500 businesses across Australia as it prepares to start construction by the end of this year.
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BSO has partnered with EllaLink to commercialise ultra-low latency connectivity for financial trading firms.
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ImmuniWeb has made available a free cloud security test that “rapidly identifies” unprotected cloud storage.
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PCCW Global's network-as-a-service platform Console Connect has been integrated with the DCConnect platform in Hong Kong, to offer businesses connectivity to data centres across mainland China.
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The Port of Southampton, located on the south coast of the UK, has hosted another connectivity milestone after BT used it as a testbed for automated drone and AI technology.
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TeleGeography has found that global internet bandwidth increased by 29% in 2021, bringing it back to "normal" levels compared to 2020's COVID-driven levels of 34%.
