But still a way from a concrete deal

To ensure European rules are well understood ahead of US DoJ ruling next year

Watch out Intel, competition is coming

Project Olympus is over - it’s time for Project Cerberus, says Kushagra Vaid

Promising “a frictionless path to Azure”

The open source design is based on ThunderX2 chip and compliant with Project Olympus

First open source servers are available from Wiwynn, ZT Systems

Dutch utility Nuon will expand the existing wind farm, with additional electricity powering Microsoft’s Cloud facility

Profits abound as tech behemoths solidify their positions

Stating data center operators should be forced to address energy security issues

After the DoJ submitted a petition backed by 33 states 

Some North European customers affected 

Meaning more capacity and more redundancy

Without even accounting for four new planned facilities

Berlin-based program offers $500,000 in Azure credits to promising up-and-comers

The three ranges run on Nvidia, Xeon and E5-2667 processors 

The first update will focus on native support for Linux containers

Hard talk from Microsoft

Great for storage vendors, not so good for citizens

Kushagra Vaid from Microsoft explains the absence of DC busbar from the open server and rack design

Project Olympus is a server family AND an open hardware development model

Releases its own ‘A Cloud for Global Good’ book 

With the data under the care of Deutsche Telekom, Uncle Sam is unable to watch over you

Signs up MoD, NHS as customers