DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - China, Apple
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Apple data centers consumed more than 2.5 billion kWh over 2024
Used to power eight operational data centers and colocation facilities
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Apple data centers used more than 2.3bn kWh of electricity in 2023
Including colocation facilities, but not cloud
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Apple’s Chinese data center partner bars staff from leaving in Covid lockdown
As Guiyang shuts down
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Senator Blackburn criticizes Apple for using Chinese state-controlled data centers, as Open App Markets Act moves forward
But the act will not address the fact that China forces US companies to find local data center partners
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Apple officially opens data center in China
Company partnering with local partner Guizhou Cloud to deliver iCloud to local customers
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Apple's Chinese data centers store encryption keys in same facility as user data
New report details compromises company made to operate in China
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Supermicro: Independent review found no evidence of spy chips
Company reviewing legal options after bombshell Bloomberg allegations
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Apple CEO calls on Bloomberg to retract Supermicro spy chip story
But publication stands by its reporting
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Apple denies Chinese spy chip claims in a letter to US Congress
"We want to assure you that a recent report in Bloomberg Businessweek alleging the compromise of our servers is not true"
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Report: China compromised Supermicro's supply chain, smuggled chips into AWS, Apple data centers
The bombshell allegations are contested by the companies involved
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Trump's Chinese tariffs to target tech industry, intellectual property transfer
Global stocks plunge as trade war begins, while the potential impact is far from clear
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Apple to start moving Chinese data to state-owned data center in February
Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry will eventually host all of Apple’s Chinese data assets
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China’s Guizhou province to set up committee to oversee Apple data center
Hopes to speed up delivery with a watching eye
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Chinese websites using VPNs could be taken down, says local AWS operator
Amazon follows suit after Apple pulls 60 VPN apps from local store
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Apple to open first data center in China, in partnership with GCBD
New data residency laws mean iCloud must stay within the country
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Report: Apple is considering data center in Taiwan
May join Google in Changhua