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Microsoft's UK data centres power up cloud services
2016-09-07 09:17:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Microsoft's new UK data centres let it offer cloud services without transmitting information outside Britain.
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Data centres to consume three times as much energy in next decade, experts warn
2016-01-25 12:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The amount of energy consumed by the worlds data centres the repositories for billions of gigabytes of information will treble in the next decade, putting an enormous strain on energy supplies and dealing a hefty blow to efforts to contain global warming, experts say. Whether youre liking something on Facebook, streaming the latest Tarantino movie or posting an instagram from the pub, every internet activity involves huge amounts of data that needs to be stored somewhere. And as the internet...
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Switch to develop 180MW of solar projects to power data centres with 100% renewable energy
2016-01-07 01:00:00| Power Technology
US-based technology company Switch is set to develop two new solar farms, which will have a combined capacity of 180MW in the state of Nevada.
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Google to power European data centres solely by green energy
2015-06-08 13:46:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Google's four data centres in Europe are soon to be run on 100 percent renewable energy, heise.de reports. The company currently operates three European data centres, in Finland, Belgium and in Ireland, and a fourth one is being built in Eemshaven in the Netherlands at the moment, which is supposed to be based entirely on renewable resources from the start, according to Google's infrastructure expert, Urs Hoelzle.
TelecityGroup acquires data centres Plix, 3DC
2013-11-04 10:36:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) TelecityGroup agreed to acquire Polish data centre business Plix and Bulgarian data centre provider 3DC. Both acquisitions are a result of TelecityGroup's ongoing capacity expansion programme to enter new and strategic European markets. Plix is an independent colocation business in Warsaw, Poland, which also incorporates one of the largest Polish internet exchanges. Located in Sofia, 3DC's facility provides a strategic location in the Balkans with access to markets in the EU, Turkey and the Caucasus. The two acquisitions have a combined enterprise value of GBP 15 million.
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