
US Gov't assesses interest in a 500MW+ data center at Air Force Base in Arizona
Proposes 620 acres for commercial data center project
Proposes 620 acres for commercial data center project
US XVIII Airborne Corps trialing different cloud and Edge solutions
Will use colocation services in Boyers, Pennsylvania data center
HoloLens effort falters, Palmer Luckey's business takes over
Comes after Baicells was put on a government list of suspected Chinese military links
Government to make DoD and DOE land available for new data center campuses and work on transmission infrastructure to sites
And Open RAN is at the heart of it
Project estimated to cost between $250m and $500m
Cloud giant to create a "zero trust pilot" virtual private cloud for defense agency
Will help to develop substrates, device layers, and junctions
Says it has no ties to the Chinese military
Specs not shared, but same architecture as upcoming El Capitan system
Also looks at 'retooling' Stratus private cloud offering
The contract will run for 10 years
Could span up to five years
EchoStar subsidiaries Hughes Network Systems and Boost Mobile will provide 5G wireless services and devices to support DoD
Goal to establish a resilient hybrid cloud platform by 2030
Will use hybrid multi-cloud services to support defense forces
Contract set to last for 10 years and considered "wave 2" of Air Force's modernization process
Boldyn Networks will support the deployment
Will provide voice and data services domestically and abroad
Will run for five years
The DoD is looking for companies able to join existing suite of buying arrangements for its supercomputers
DoD's cloud budget increased by 40 percent between 2021 and 2023
Offers due on September 8
Applications due August 16
Replaces three older systems
Awarded a five year contract