DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Standards & Regulations, Georgia Butler, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Oregon pauses land sales of state owned property for data center projects through July 1, 2027
Governor directs all transactions on state property for data centers be frozen
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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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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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Amazon workers testify in favor of regulating data centers, claim they faced backlash at work
Employees say they are being investigated by HR and were intimidated
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Microsoft shareholders file lawsuit over AI and cloud spending and business disclosures
Claims Microsoft misled investors about the financial impact of AI investment
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Microsoft wraps up investigation into Israeli military's use of its cloud platform
Posits some steps to improve effectiveness of its human rights governance
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EU plans cloud rules that will limit US providers access to 'sensitive' tenders - report
Rules would require bidders to be European companies
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Police seize £1.2m worth of equipment during raid of data center in Farnborough, UK
Facility was being used for illegal streaming
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LA data center firm Multacom sued by site owner, claims unpaid rent and other charges
Site owner Carolwood claims Multacom owes $401,128.25
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Telefónica and Google Cloud partner for Spanish sovereign cloud
And other sovereign cloud news
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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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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 considers legal action against OpenAI and Amazon over $50bn contract - report
Should it breach Microsoft's exclusivity agreement with OpenAI
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Microsoft swears off NDAs for data center projects
Expands on its "Community-First AI Infrastructure Plan"
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US Federal Trade Commission ramps up cloud competition investigation into Microsoft
Issues "civil investigative demands" to competitors
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CoreWeave shareholder files lawsuit alleging company mislead investors over ability to deliver compute
Cites recent reports of data center delays
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Ionos and Emma team up for European sovereign multi-cloud offering
Combines Ionos infrastructure with Emma's cloud platform
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Open Rights Group urges UK to reduce reliance on US Big Tech
Digital rights outfit questions ability to ensure security and resiliency with current set up
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Elon Musk pushed for OpenAI to work with Microsoft
Court documents show Musk helped facilitate the partnership he now condemns
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Brazil launches antitrust probe into Microsoft
Another day, another investigation
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£2.1bn lawsuit against Microsoft over cloud licensing heads to court in UK
Dr. Maria Luisa Stasi's case against Microsoft heads to the Competition Appeal Tribunal
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EU watchdogs to investigate US cloud providers under Digital Markets Act
Follows major outage in October that impacted global services
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Microsoft expands Azure Local offering, adds Nvidia servers for sovereign AI
While AWS details its European Sovereign Cloud offering
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Amazon says utility PacifiCorp isn't providing enough power to Oregon data centers
Cloud giant lodges complaint with Public Utility Commission in state
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CISPE observation board gives Microsoft the green light; builds pressure on critique of Broadcom
Third ECCO report has praised Microsoft's efforts to improve licensing practices
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Lawyer calls for UK businesses to join £2bn lawsuit against Microsoft over cloud overcharging claims
Article 19's Dr Mari Stasi is seeking companies that may be due compensation
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Amazon data centers in Jerome Township, Ohio, called emergency services 84 times since 2021
Firefighters say two data centers are calling for assistance around twice a month
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Google axes some data transfer costs in preparation for EU Data Act
Microsoft and Amazon also make some concessions