Telefónica to sell Argentinian unit to Telecom Argentina for $1.2bn
Is part of the company's push to reduce its operations in Latin America
News - Argentina
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Telefónica look to sell Mexican unit, step up Latin America divestment plans
Follows reports from last month that Telefónica has attracted suitors for Argentinian business
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Telecom Argentina signs ten-year solar power deal with MSU Green Energy
Will supply the telco with 60,000MWh per year
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Telefónica attracts potential buyers in Argentina - report
Both Argentinian and foreign investors have shown an interest
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Hosting firm G2K plans data center in Buenos Aires, Argentina
10MW facility to launch in 2025
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Cirion announces SAC2 subsea cable connecting Argentina, US, and Brazil
Plus plans for new data center and facility expansion in Buenos Aires
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Claro Argentina picks Nokia for 5G deployment
Nokia will support Claro's initial 5G launch in Argentina
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Claro Argentina to build $30m data center in Buenos Aires
Company's second in the city
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GDA partners with YDF Luz to launch gas flare-powered Bitcoin mining center in Argentina
Cryptomine to use flared gas
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Argentinian electricity company Edenor completes cloud migration
Company now preparing to integrate more generative artificial intelligence
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Liberty Networks and Gold Data to develop subsea cable connecting US and South America
And other subsea cable news
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Argentina launches Clementina XXI supercomputer
Housed at the computing center of Argentina's meteorological service
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Argentina to launch 5G auction later this month in bid to raise $1bn
Auction to take place on October 24
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Argentinian mobile operators unhappy with 5G auction tender - reports
Not happy with the base cost and award of spectrum to Arsat
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Telecom Argentina kicks off copper shutdown
But no timeline was given for the full switch-off
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Flare gas computing firm Crusoe expands to Argentina with Unblock
Bringing the controversial benefits of flare-based crypto to Latin America
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Actis acquires 11 data centers from Nabiax
Investment firm takes over facilities in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and the US
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AWS launches Local Zones in LatAm, Europe, and Middle East
Company launched eight Local Zones outside US since start of October
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Argentinian utility YPF Luz burns shale gas for crypto mining
Making green claims for a controversial process
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Argentina’s Arsat to build new $70m HQ and backup data center in Bariloche
State-owned communications firm to build HQ & backup facility on 12,000 sqm plot
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Global governments gave Amazon $4.7bn+ in subsidies for data centers, warehouses, and other space
The real number could be a lot higher
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IDB approves $100 million loan to improve connectivity in Argentina, expand national data center
Inter-American Development Bank to fund fiber roll-out in rural areas and expansion of state-owned data center
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National University of Córdoba inaugurates Argentina's most powerful research supercomputer
147 teraflops Serafín is country’s most powerful HPC system available to academics
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Google and SubCom to build Firmina submarine cable from US to Argentina
Also landing in Brazil and Uruguay
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Argentina: San Luis infrastructure survives substation fire
Backup systems keep the province connected after fire at La Punta
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AWS pumps $240m into Brazilian cloud
Various Latin countries have been courting the tech giant for years
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AWS buys land for three data centers in Argentina
Looks like tax breaks work
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Report: Amazon to invest $800m in Argentinian data center
Generous tax breaks persuaded Amazon to build in Argentina rather than Chile