Google gives up on Chinese Cloud project
Possibly due to growing tensions and Covid-19
Possibly due to growing tensions and Covid-19
Employees at Google and Facebook could be jailed if they refuse new Chinese censorship requests, while data centers could be raided
Internet-by-balloon service gets its first commercial outing
26 have opened this year, and there are another 176 in the pipeline
But don't expect the government to actually build its own cloud
The summer of outages continues
Targeting 5G and Edge
Hall was under the impression Amazon would be ok with his move
White will take over sales in the UK & Ireland and Razack will help with tech solutions
Usually we put puns here, but I didn't want to milk it
Sure, the data centers might be run on green energy, but they're being used to run dirty workloads
After losing JEDI, and saying its AI wouldn't be used to kill
Lori Mitchell-Keller and George Nazi join Google
Microsoft will be nesting its new region in Milan, Italy
You win some, you lose some
The company also has a permit to build a smaller data center in the area
But instead decided to compete with the popular videoconferencing platform
But Google appears not to be working with the DoD - right now
Every cloud has a silver lining
Now has 23 regions worldwide
A diversified giant
A pilot scheme runs non-urgent tasks when the sun shines and the wind blows
Microsoft will also reduce hiring plans
Negotiating ocean waves and geopolitical quagmires