This week on White Space, we are puzzled by the fact that Jerry Hunter, vice president of infrastructure at Amazon Web Services, has traded his job for a position at Snap Inc. – the company responsible for Snapchat.

Node Pole, a data center development in the north of Sweden, has been acquired by two local power companies. Good news for people who can appreciate cheap renewable electricity.

There’s a new, more powerful version of Facebook’s Wedge – a top-of-the-rack switch designed in collaboration with Mellanox, and already deployed in the social network’s data centers.

Canadian quantum computing venture D-Wave has established a subsidiary that will sell its machines to the American public sector agencies, despite the fact that not everyone recognizes these as true quantum computers. For a bonus, Peter remembers what was possibly the first instance of a quantum computer being offered as-a-service.

We conclude with the news that Digital Realty will finally expand the massive carrier hotel on 350 East Cermak Road in Chicago – by building a 12-story data center across the road.