DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Standards & Regulations, Google
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
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Trump expands Ratepayer Protection Pledge with 200-plus new signatories
Including utility heavyweights Southern Company, PPL Corp, NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, and American Electric Power
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UK Treasury designates big four US hyperscalers as "Critical Third Parties"
Will bring Google, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and Oracle under direct regulatory oversight
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US lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to shield ratepayers from data center energy costs
Would target data centers with a capacity of 100MW or more
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Google, Tesla, Carrier form new lobbying group focused on US grid capacity
Companies want to advocate for “smarter, faster, and more affordable use of existing grid infrastructure”
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Kansas public utilities commission approves new data center tariff
Will provide large-load facilities with lower energy rates and other incentives
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Google axes some data transfer costs in preparation for EU Data Act
Microsoft and Amazon also make some concessions
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Ohio regulator rejects bid from data center firms to nix newly-approved rate structure for large load users
New rate will require large load users to pay for a portion of energy requests
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"Competition is not working well," says UK CMA concluding cloud market investigation
AWS and Microsoft to undergo further "strategic market status" investigations
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Google reaffirms sovereign cloud solutions for EU
Aims to ease anxieties about trade tensions
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AWS claims half of Microsoft's customers would jump ship if licensing costs were lower
The UK's CMA investigation response hearings are in
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US senators demand information from Microsoft and Google about AI deals
Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden question the company's ties with OpenAI and Anthropic, respectively
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UK holds first meeting of new AI Energy Council
Attended by the likes of EDF, Ofgem, Google, and Microsoft
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Google settles $28m lawsuit over ethnicity pay disparities
Company found to have violated employment laws by paying certain minorities less
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Microsoft hits back at UK CMA's provisional findings
Cloud providers publish their response to initial report
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Indiana regulators approve new rules for data centers seeking grid connection
Will apply to new or expanded facilities with a capacity of at least 70MW
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Google ditches promise not to develop AI weapons
U-turn on 2018 commitment
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UK's CMA finds elements of cloud computing market has 'adverse effect on competition'
Calls for SMS investigation into AWS and Microsoft
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Microsoft to become latest member of CISPE
Just six months after CISPE filed complaint against Microsoft for anticompetitive practices
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Google asks FTC to kill Microsoft's agreement with OpenAI
Microsoft accuses FTC of improperly leaking information about antitrust investigation
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£1bn Microsoft lawsuit claims it overcharged rival cloud firms’ UK customers
Thousands of businesses represented in huge Windows Server lawsuit that echoes CMA and CISPE allegations
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Google offered CISPE 'hundreds of millions' to continue its complaint against Microsoft - report
Cloud company sought to keep the fight against Microsoft alive
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Microsoft accuses Google of conducting "shadow campaigns" with launch of Open Cloud Coalition
Coalition aims to improve competition, resilience, and transparency in the cloud industry
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CMA extends UK cloud market investigation by up to four months
Following publication of hearing summaries from AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud
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Google files appeal against council decision to block Dublin data center
Search giant files appeal with An Bord Pleanála for third building in Grange Castle
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Google denied data center planning permission in Dublin, Ireland
Proposed third building at Grange Castle campus rejected
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UK's CMA launches investigation into Google's investment in Anthropic
Investigation to determine if it counts as a defacto merger
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Microsoft accuses Google and AWS of 'muddying' UK CMA investigation
The battle of the clouds continues