Heatworks breaks ground on AWS district heating scheme in Dublin, Ireland
Excess heat from AWS data center will be used to heat public sector buildings, commercial space, and apartments
Excess heat from AWS data center will be used to heat public sector buildings, commercial space, and apartments
Actual mining, that is, not crypto
Company waiting for local regulation change around data centers before making purchase, but is “very interested” in developing in the town
Company gains approval as data center developments in Ireland come under closer scrutiny
Environmental charity praises Telstra, says Amazon, Global Switch and others need to do more
Company says new region due to come online in 2023
New five story facility possibly intended for AWS
Company’s first Spanish region launch moved up from 2023 to mid-2022
Seth Aaron Pendley reportedly pleads guilty to charges of malicious attempt to destroy a building with an explosive
Boeing heads for the clouds
Amazon wins another UK Government contract
Three availability zones coming in 2022
Nimbus tender stipulates companies can't halt services to Government as a whole or individual departments
Nikkei reports the company looking at buying energy from new wind and solar plants
Primarily focused on getting funding for the CHIPS Act
Company plans local zones in 12 more cities for local low-latency applications next to population hubs
Microsoft would lose out on the $10bn deal
Planned facility could use too much water, cost money, and bring too few jobs
Says that even if the procurement process had issues, Oracle was always going to lose
Even though AWS lost and is suing saying it was cheated
Makes more in profits than Google Cloud makes in revenue
Justice joined HMRC & Home Office in giving Amazon big cloud contracts
A long time ago in a procurement cycle far, far away, the US military tried to buy a cloud service
Companies awarded Nimbus contract ahead of Micosoft & Oracle, who both file appeals