Iran makes further threats against Big Tech in the Middle East
Says it is in response to US attempts to kill Iranian leadership
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Google signs deal with marine CO2 removal firm Ebb for 3,500 tons of carbon removal credits
Generated by Ebb's recently announced project in Saudi Arabia
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Google announces plans for subsea cable linking Oman to the Christmas Islands
Dhivaru to also land in the Maldives
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Israel’s cloud deal with Google and Amazon contained warning system in case of data disclosures - report
Cloud providers allegedly agreed to tip off Israel in case of a foreign investigation by sending small sums of money corresponding to telephone dialing codes
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Google's global director of data center energy and location strategy joins UAE's MGX
Cloud giant's director of global machine learning planning also departs for pastures unknown
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Google provided AI technology to IDF during Israel-Gaza war
Internal documents reveal direct assistance to IDF
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Saudi dairy company Almarai migrates to Google Cloud
Company moves critical systems to Google Cloud Platform
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Google Cloud to develop AI Hub in Saudi Arabia with PIF
Signs agreement with Public Investment Fund for hub near Dammam
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Investigation confirms IDF uses AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure for Gaza war
AWS used to store mass surveillance of Gaza’s population
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Google terminates 28 employees following internal protests against Israeli government and military contract
Employees protesting against labor conditions and the company's contract with the Israeli government and military
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Google to launch Saudi cloud region this week
No mention of Aramco this week
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Sparkle confirms landing of BlueMed subsea cable in Palermo, Italy
Will connect Italy with several countries including France and Greece
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Google launches cloud region in Doha, Qatar
Second GCP region opened this year
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Google to bring cloud region to Kuwait
Will provide services to the Government and other local customers
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Google launches GCP region in Tel Aviv, Israel
Joins Oracle, AWS and Azure regions still in development
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UK firm sells 30MW of diesel backup to Saudi cloud data center
$10 million deal, most likely for Google's recently announced Dammam region
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Google Cloud's Saudi Arabian data center will be built in Dammam
Still in partnership with the world's largest oil company
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Google plans to build fourth Israeli data center, despite employee protests over Nimbus contract
Contractor is currently trying to buy land
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Google and Amazon employees protest Project Nimbus cloud contract with Israeli government
Project "will make the systematic discrimination and displacement carried out by the Israeli military and government even crueler and deadlier for Palestinians"
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Residents protest against Google data center in Bnei Zion, Israel
Complaints over planning process and health and environmental concerns could stop development
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Oracle CEO confused that Google and AWS beat them to Israel's $1.2 billion Nimbus tender
Oracle not sure why bigger and faster-growing clouds proved more popular
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39 human rights groups call on Google to cancel Saudi Arabian cloud region
Amnesty International says Saudi Arabia is "an unsafe country to host the Google Cloud"
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Israel Government says AWS and Google can't boycott Nimbus Project
Nimbus tender stipulates companies can't halt services to Government as a whole or individual departments
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Google officially confirms new Israel cloud region in development
Company confirms new region after recently winning mega cloud contract from Israeli Gov
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Google, AWS win $1.2 billion Israel Nimbus tender for cloud services
Companies awarded Nimbus contract ahead of Micosoft & Oracle, who both file appeals
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Google to establish data center in Israel - report
Haaretz claims search giant is in negotiations to set up facility in country
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Aramco and stc launch 55.4 petaflops Cray supercomputer, Dammam 7
One of the top ten fastest supercomputers in the world
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Despite climate pledge, Google partners with world's largest oil company for Saudi cloud region
I guess this doesn't count as Scope 3 emissions?