Hyperscalers prepare for 1MW racks at OCP EMEA; Google announces new CDU
Hyperscalers look to disaggregate power from IT to reach 1MW racks
News - Microsoft
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Three arrests in £3m fraud probe involving Microsoft data center in the Netherlands
UK authorities launch raids of six properties
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Microsoft to increase European data center capacity by 40 percent, pledges to protect local customers over US threats
Brad Smith pens plea to European community after Trump hostility
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Microsoft signs onshore wind PPA with Clearway in West Virginia
Tied to the 335MW Mount Storm wind farm
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Microsoft eyes bigger data center, prompts further land rezoning in Indiana
40 acres of land could be added to potential new facility
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Homeless camp in San José cleared to make way for Microsoft data center
"People are fearful. They don’t know where else to go"
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Microsoft to purchase 44,000 tons of carbon removal credits from biochar firm Carba
Over a five year period for biochar-based credits
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Microsoft and Du to develop $544m data center in the UAE
Deal announced during Dubai AI Week event
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Western Digital, Microsoft launch initiative to recycle critical minerals from disused data center equipment
Pilot project utilizes an acid-free dissolution recycling technology
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Microsoft to purchase 1.4m tons of carbon removal from reforestation firm Living Carbon
Credits generated from projects across the US Appalachian region
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Wells Fargo: Amazon Web Services delays data center leases, following Microsoft pullback
But Microsoft has downplayed its own cuts
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AWS claims half Microsoft customers would jump ship if licensing costs were lower
The UK's CMA investigation response hearings are in
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Microsoft to use LG Electronics cooling infrastructure in some AI data centers
As LG goes after more data center customers
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Microsoft signs 15-year 6.75m ton carbon removal agreement with AtmosClear in Louisiana
Removals derived from bioenergy carbon capture & storage project
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Microsoft to purchase 3.685m tons of CO2 removal from CO280 over 12 years
CO280 retrofits pulp and paper mills in US with carbon capture tech
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Goodman Group hires Microsoft’s Kraig Knight as data center operations EVP
As Goodman looks to expand data center offerings
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Google's Sundar Pichai recommits to $75bn spend on data centers
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reiterates similar sentiment
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nEye Systems raises $58m for optical switch technology
Startup has raised $72.5m since founding in 2020
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Civo partners with Orbital to pilot carbon removal technology at UK data center
Microsoft signs SAF carbon offset deal with IAG
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US senators demand information from Microsoft and Google about AI deals
Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden question the company's ties with OpenAI and Anthropic, respectively
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Microsoft unlikely to meet CISPE deadline for multicloud offering - report
Company has just weeks to produce a product that meets CISPE's requirements
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UK holds first meeting of new AI Energy Council
Attended by the likes of EDF, Ofgem, Google, and Microsoft
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Microsoft pauses $1bn data center plans in Licking County, Ohio
Another data center project bites the dust
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Google joins the Sustainable Steel Buyers Platform
Joins Meta, Microsoft and Amazon as members
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DARPA announces 15 companies selected for first phase of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
Program to determine if building a fault-tolerant quantum computer within a decade is possible
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Microsoft steps back from data center developments globally - report
Details emerge about Microsoft curtailing building projects
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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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We Energies proposes new data center rate to shield ratepayers in Wisconsin
Could impact Microsoft's Mount Pleasant campus