News - Standards & Regulations, Microsoft
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EU relaxes cloud contract bidding rules for hyperscalers
Gets rid of requirement previously preventing Amazon, Google, and Microsoft from vying for contracts
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China bans use of Intel and AMD chips in gov't PCs and servers
List of approved technologies contains only Chinese-made solutions
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Microsoft suspends access to cloud services for Russian companies
The block includes Power BI, Azure, OneDrive, and Powershell
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Microsoft puts an end to Azure egress fees
Completing the trifecta
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Microsoft opens talks with European cloud providers to resolve licensing dispute
Tech giant seeks to resolve complaints over alleged anti-competitive behavior
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US Federal Trade Commission launches investigation into hyperscale investments in AI firms
Targets OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Anthropic
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Orange & Capgemini to finally launch Bleu sovereign cloud service
Work begins to migrate customers for end-of-year launch
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UK Competition and Markets Authority launches investigation into cloud market
Investigation begins after referral from Ofcom
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PUE creator Christian Belady leaves Microsoft
Plans to stay in the data center sector after a break
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Microsoft and G42 to set up sovereign cloud in UAE
Cloud company to expand use of Khazna facilities
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Microsoft to sell Activision Blizzard cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft
Cloud giant is restructuring its $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard deal
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Illinois' Hoffman Estates to raise data center electricity tax, as well as ambulance fees
Money will go to replacing fire stations - just don't get injured
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Singapore selects Equinix, Microsoft, AirTrunk, and GDS for 80MW data center trial
First 80MW allocated as moratorium relaxed
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US gov't considering restrictions on China's access to American cloud providers
New regulation being mulled to close embargo loopholes
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Google accuses Microsoft of anti-competitive cloud practices in FTC letter
Search company also digs at Oracle, Oracle attacks AWS, Microsoft and Amazon take the high ground
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UK's CMA blocks Microsoft's $68.7bn Activision acquisition over cloud gaming concerns
Clouding cloud gaming's already cloudy future
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Human Rights Watch calls on Microsoft to suspend Saudi Arabia data center buildout
Previously asked for Google to do the same
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Ofcom refers UK cloud infrastructure market to competition watchdog
Regulator thinks AWS and Microsoft duopoly may be stymieing competition
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UK gov paid Atos £24 million to settle Met Office supercomputer lawsuit
French company said procurement process was flawed after missing out on £1 billion contract
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UK regulator Ofcom to investigate cloud computing dominance of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google
Hyperscalers go under the microscope
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Microsoft, AWS, Equinix join list of companies pausing data center projects in Dublin
Join Digital Realty and Dataplex in the moratorium fallout
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Microsoft files for permit to build data center campus in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Company looking to build outside South Hill, around 20 miles from existing Boydton campus
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Microsoft clarifies: it will still cost extra to run Office on AWS or Google Cloud
Somehow, we doubt this will satisfy the EU's antitrust probe