News - Cloud & Hyperscale, Facebook
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Cumulus' Linux OS first to support Facebook's modular Minipack
The Linux based OS will be available pre-installed on Facebook's network hardware
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp suffer global outage
Services are back online for most, but some still have problems
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Facebook scraps plan for second Danish data center
The company pulled the plug after spending a year investigating the site
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Looks like Facebook won't be building data centers in China
The move comes as Facebook has outlined a plan to transform the social network into a “privacy-focused platform”
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Facebook's data center subcontractor accused of tax avoidance in Denmark
Tag og Facade DK has been accused of paying employee overtime through foreign bank accounts to avoid high Danish tax rates
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Digital Realty contracts 80MW of renewable energy for Facebook
Virtual PPA to help keep the social media site clean
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Synergy: Number of hyperscale data centers reached 430 in 2018
And there are a further 132 facilities in the development pipeline
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Facebook secures solar contracts for Atlanta data center
The three projects represent $230m in investment
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Synergy: Hyperscalers’ capex in Q3 53% higher than in the same period last year
As AWS continues to lead public cloud market
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Facebook, Tennessee Valley Authority sign 377MW solar deal
Keeping social media clean. At least from this end
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Utilities plan two 50MW solar plants for Facebook’s Los Lunas data center
The social media giant's investment in local renewable energy generation will total $800m
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Facebook is planning second hyperscale campus in Denmark
The project is yet to receive green light from the local government
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Facebook to spend $750m on Henrico data center expansion
Even though it hasn't been built yet
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Facebook to build $1bn multi-story data center in Singapore
Social giant's first physical facility in Asia is the tallest data center in the region
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Facebook plans to go 100% renewable by end of 2020
Aims to add new energy sources to the grid
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Facebook funds new solar power in Oregon and Utah
Pacific Power goes from Greenpeace villain in 2011 to renewable advocate today
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Facebook nabs Google chip exec to lead silicon initiative
Could be developing FPGAs and ASICs for the server market
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Facebook to expand Papillion data center campus to six buildings
Plus the company will share some wind power with Adobe
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Facebook to build $750m Atlanta data center campus
Nearly a million square feet of data centers for your holiday snaps
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Hyperscalers drive renewable energy generation, says study
Despite some ongoing reliance on fossil fuels
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Synergy: Number of hyperscale data centers reaches 390
Expected to pass 500 milestone by 2020
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Hyperscale data centers cost Crook County $102 million in taxes
To date, Apple and Facebook paid just $695,000 in property taxes on their massive projects in Oregon