Pre-construction works start on Microsoft data center in Vaasa, Finland
Company is waiting on permits to commence building
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Former Microsoft researcher launches data center robotics startup
Exclaim Robotics secures $4.95m in pre-seed funding to build first bots
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Microsoft details plans for data center in Langley, UK
Langley Business Centre site could be redeveloped into a data center
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Microsoft buys more land in Middenmeer, Netherlands, for potential data center development
Another 37.5-hectare plot added to portfolio
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Microsoft to spend billions on GPUs for European AI lab Mistral
Will expand AI infrastructure capacity in Europe
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Extinction Rebellion pelt Microsoft data center site with acid-filled balloons
Targets under-construction data center near Sloterdijk Station in Amsterdam
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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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Microsoft reveals plans for data center in Sandnes, Norway
Will join the Norway East region
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Microsoft signs land purchase agreement for data center in Grevenbroich, Germany
Cloud giant developing another site near Cologne
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Microsoft UK's Thames Valley Park campus could be redeveloped as a gas-powered data center
Reading site set to head to public consultation
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AWS and Microsoft designated 'gatekeepers' under Europe's Digital Markets Act
European Commission's preliminary decision comes despite duo "not meeting the DMA's quantitative thresholds"
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Microsoft acquires 470 acres on Finland's west coast for data center
Land located along border of Vaasa and Mutasaari
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Microsoft signs 650,000 ton carbon removal deal with BioCirc in Denmark
First since reports surfaced that the company was 'pausing' carbon removal purchases
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Fortum starts operations at two heat pump plants tied to Microsoft district heating scheme
Waste heat delivery from data centers is expected to commence next year
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Nscale to deploy 66,000+ Rubin GPUs for Microsoft in Portugal
Two companies scale up agreement for Sines Data Campus
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UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal rules $2.8bn lawsuit against Microsoft can go to trial
Case originally filed in 2024
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Microsoft to supply waste heat to local district heating network in Høje-Taastrup, Denmark
In collaboration with VEKS and Høje Taastrup Fjernvarme
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Microsoft CEO says Fairwater data center site is "going live ahead of schedule"
The campus will form a cluster of hundreds of thousands of GB200 GPUs
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Data center lobby secured EU provision to keep environmental impact data confidential - report
Includes the likes of Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta
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Microsoft contracts 30,000 GPUs from Nscale at Norway data center as OpenAI drops out of latest Stargate
OpenAI continues Stargate retreat
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Microsoft Azure's UK South region experiences capacity issues - report
Customers claim they are being turned away from increasing compute
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UK's competition watchdog launches SMS investigation into Microsoft, AWS avoids further scrutiny
Latest update shared on the Cloud Services Market Investigation
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Microsoft launches Denmark cloud region
Works continue on additional sites
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Microsoft unveils micro LED innovation to halve data center energy use
Could be cheaper to manufacture and more durable, as it is less sensitive to environmental factors
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Microsoft commences second phase of data center construction in Køge, Denmark
Company plans to launch a cloud region in the country some time this year
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Microsoft breaks ground on data center in Bergheim, Germany
Plans first revealed in late 2024
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Microsoft starts construction of data center in Bornasco, Italy
Following the October 2024 commitment to invest $4.75bn in the country
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Enfinity Global brings 33.8MW Italian solar project online under Microsoft PPA
Part of a wider 366MW deal