NTT gains Macquarie Asset Management as a data center investor
Macquarie and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) are set to enter a strategic real-estate partnership for data processing centers across Europe and the US.
One of the world’s biggest infrastructure asset managers, Macquarie has entered a partnership with NTT – a Japanese telecommunications... Read more
Cloud infrastructure giants boosted data center hardware and software spending
Public cloud infrastructure services like AWS, Google, and Microsoft have boosted the sales of data center hardware and software, increasing the profits of data center manufacturers like Cisco and Dell Technologies.
Over the past year, billions have been invested in launching new kits of data ce... Read more
Meta stops construction of Dutch data center
After months of political friction, Meta announces that it will not be constructing a data center in de Dutch municipality of Zeewolde.
"Given the current circumstances, we have decided to pause our developments in Zeewolde", shared a spokesperson.
Meta and Zeewolde (Dutch municipality) have... Read more
‘Data centers hit by energy prices look to pass costs onto customers’
Dutch data centers risk financial problems due to increasingly high energy prices. Some data centers are looking to break contracts and pass costs to customers. Unfortunately, the latter have little choice.
Since August 2021, the price of data ceter electricity has quadrupled. Russia's invasion ... Read more
UK data centers get a 2.3 billion dollar AWS investement
Amazon to operate and build data centers in the UK.
On Wednesday, Amazon Web Services announced that they're spending around 2.37 billion USD on operating and building data centers in the UK.
The investment will be made over a period of two years. According to AWS, this move will almost doubl... Read more
Lenovo data center division is finally profitable
Lenovo makes a profit in the data center market seven years after acquiring IBM x86 servers.
Lenovo is a Chinese giant when it comes to hardware. In 2014, Lenovo acquired IBM’s x86 server business and had high hopes in the data center market. These hopes were shattered when their strategy to u... Read more
Dell set record revenue from PC and data center demand
Dell Technologies delivered the best Q3 performance in its history after experiencing a demand surge for personal computers and data centers infrastructure. The company released the report on Tuesday, showing a profit (before certain costs like stock compensation) of $2.015 billion.
That number ... Read more
Microsoft constructs three data centers in Belgium
Microsoft will build a new data center region in the Brussels area. The construction of the new data center region is part of Microsoft's Belgian Digital AmBEtion development plan.
The Digital AmBEtion plan aims to accelerate the digital transformation of the Belgian public and private sectors. ... Read more
Atlas Data API from MongoDB offers better data access
MongoDB’s Atlas Data API is perfect for automating data infrastructures and offering data access control.
MongoDB has released a preview of Atlas Data API on November 18. It is a REST-like API and allows access to fully managed Atlas data.
Developers can use this API to process queries in M... Read more
OVH plans to share its OpenStack automation for on-prem clouds
OVH will share the automation tools it developed to run its own OpenStack-based cloud as part of its strategy to grow its managed cloud business.
In Europe, the French company has offered to operate and manage a private cloud using its tech on customers' premises. OVH is planning to let others h... Read more