Microsoft on pace for $50bn AI investment in "global south"
Some of which will be spent on AI infrastructure
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Microsoft brings two data halls online in São Paulo, Brazil
Part of 2024 commitment to invest $2.7bn in the country
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Brazil launches antitrust probe into Microsoft
Another day, another investigation
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Microsoft to purchase 28,500 tons of CO2 removal credits from Brazil's InPlanet
Expected to be delivered between 2026 and 2028
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Microsoft partners with Powertrust to support construction of 270MW solar portfolio in Mexico and Brazil
Microsoft will receive Renewable Energy Credits as part of the investment
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Microsoft resorts to gas generators at Querétaro, Mexico, data center due to power grid delays
The temporary measure is intended to guarantee the continuity of its operations
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Microsoft launches Chile cloud region
Chile Central Azure region launches in Santiago
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Microsoft to purchase 1.24m tons of carbon removal credits from biochar firm Exomad Green
Second deal between the two companies
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Microsoft signs 12,000 ton carbon removal deal with Enhanced Rock Weathering firm Terradot
It is MSFT's fourth ERW deal
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Microsoft signs 25-year reforestation deal with Re.green in Brazil
Microsoft to purchase 3.5 million carbon credits
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Google to purchase 200k tons of carbon removal credits from Terradot
The agreement is Google's first with an enhanced rock weathering company
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Peruvian bank to invest $650m in hybrid cloud infrastructure
Partners with Microsoft and Kyndryl for IT modernization project
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TMF Group selects Orange Business for centralized hybrid cloud solution
Gives company access to Microsoft Azure and AWS solutions
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Microsoft to invest $2.7bn in cloud and AI infrastructure in Brazil
Company to expand several data center campuses in São Paulo
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Microsoft to invest $1.3 billion in Mexico to “enhance AI infrastructure”
Details of spending not shared
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Microsoft and Meta sign carbon removal deals
Companies sign CO2 sequestering and forestry deals
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Microsoft signs carbon removal deal with Mexican rainforest restoration project
Buys 234,000 carbon removal credits
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Microsoft buys 8m carbon removal credits to support reforesting projects in Latin America
Deal thought to be the biggest of its kind to date
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Microsoft backs carbon capture projects in Denmark, Panama, and Canada
Company splashes the cash to offset data center emissions
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Microsoft launches Mexican cloud region
Plans first announced in 2020
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Microsoft signs reforestation deal in Brazil
Deal with Re.green to fund planting of more than 10 million trees
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Microsoft buys 95,000 tons of carbon capture credits from Mexican biochar plant
The material can store carbon for thousands of years
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Argentinian electricity company Edenor completes cloud migration
Company now preparing to integrate more generative artificial intelligence
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Microsoft plans data center campus in Centurion, South Africa
Company also breaks ground on new data centers in Brazil
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Microsoft signs for 32,000 tons of biochar carbon credits
Exomad and Carbonfuture will create biochar from forestry waste in Bolivia
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Brazil's TIM will complete its data center shutdown in 2023
Telecoms company progresses with move to the Cloud
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Microsoft signs 154MW wind PPA in Brazil with AES
Cloud company signs 15-year deal, expanding partnership with energy firm
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Microsoft plans data center in Hortolândia, Brazil
Follows reports of new data center in neighboring Sumaré