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• May 29, 2019 29 May'19

  Inside Digital Realty’s datacentre playbook

  Digital Realty’s chief technology officer talks up key trends that are shaping its business and the datacentre industry, including edge computing and the impending roll-out of 5G networks

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  Construction halted at Apple datacentre in Denmark over alleged contractor dispute, report suggests

  A local media report suggests construction of Apple's first non-US datacentre has halted in Denmark over a dispute over missed deadlines by the contractor tasked with delivering the build

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  Conclusion of legal row over Apple’s abandoned Irish datacentre fuels site takeover hopes

  After four years of planning delays and legal wrangles, Irish Supreme Court dismisses appeal lodged by objectors to the Apple’s abandoned Irish datacentre build

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  Google rebrands Cloud Services Platform and adds multi-cloud support for AWS and Azure users

  Google confirms rebrand of its Cloud Services Platform will coincide with functionality expansion that will see it add support for AWS and Azure to provide users with a consistent user experience across all clouds

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  Sweden chosen by Amazon Web Services as renewable energy project location

  Amazon Web Services has chosen a wind farm in Sweden as part of a project to source renewable energy for its global infrastructure

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Public cloud fuelled bulk of datacentre infrastructure spend in 2018, research shows

  Latest datacentre infrastructure tracker from Synergy Research Group highlights the impact the growing demand for public cloud is having on the market

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Norway datacentre strategy producing dividend

  Norway's strategy to become a favourable location for Nordic datacentres is gathering steam

• March 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  MySpace data loss: Botched server migration prompts user concerns over fate of lost songs

  Social networking forerunner MySpace confirms server migration caused the loss of content uploaded to its site before 2015

• March 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  UKCloud secures £25m investment to support multi-cloud public sector push

  G-Cloud-listed IT services firm UKCloud has received a sizeable financial boost to support its efforts to cater to the differentiated demands of public sector technology buyers

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Datacentre industry needs to raise its profile to address skills gaps, says panel

  The veil of secrecy the datacentre industry operates under is doing it no favours when it comes to attracting talent, according to Data Centre World panel

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  AWS and Greenpeace at war over claims cloud giant has ‘turned its back’ on renewable energy pledge

  Amazon Web Services hits back at Greenpeace for suggesting it has 'turned its back' on powering its cloud with renewable energy, as a new report claims its growth could be driving the use of fossil fuels in Virginia

• February 18, 2019 18 Feb'19

  IT Priorities 2019: Cloud migrations emerge as top investment area for IT decision-makers

  This year’s Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities research shows a growing appetite among UK IT leaders to move more of their IT estate and applications to the cloud

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Google to spend $13bn in 2019 on additional US datacentres and offices

  Search giant Google sets its sights on expanding its presence across the US during 2019 to accommodate the demand for its consumer and enterprise-focused internet and cloud services

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  Lenovo offers enterprises access to on-premise datacentre kit on cloud-like pay-as-you-go terms

  Chinese PC maker Lenovo wants to make it easier for enterprises to access on-premise datacentre resources without needing to invest huge sums of money in purchasing it

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Legal & General Capital ploughs investment into Kao Data’s Essex-based datacentre campus

  Financial services giant’s investment arm embarks on sizeable investment to support the continued expansion of Kao Data's colocation campus in Harlow