Articles about Data Center

Bay Area-based Aetherflux to join Seattle space race with new hub for satellite development

Founded in 2024 by CEO Baiju Bhatt, the billionaire co-founder of the trading platform Robinhood, Aetherflux is currently focused on creating an orbital data center satellite. Read More

Amazon to invest $10B in North Carolina to fuel AI and cloud data center infrastructure

Amazon announced plans Wednesday to invest $10 billion in North Carolina to expand its data center infrastructure to support AI… Read More

Amid AI boom, Gov. Ferguson creates workgroup to study impact of data centers in Washington state

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson announced that he’s forming a workgroup to dig into the impacts of data centers in the… Read More

Protesters block entrances at Amazon HQ, objecting to planned use of fossil fuels in Oregon

Dozens of environmental activists this morning blocked the entrances at Amazon’s Day 1 building at its Seattle headquarters. A Washington-based… Read More

Microsoft is a guinea pig for climate friendly concrete as it paves the way to greener data centers

Microsoft is building 120 new data centers this year alone, and operates more than 300 of the server hubs worldwide.… Read More

Put your head in the cloud: Microsoft unveils immersive digital tour for deep dive on data centers

As you point and click your way around various aspects of your digital life today, whether you’re hosting a virtual… Read More

Microsoft pulls underwater data center back to the surface to assess benefits of deep-sea cloud

Two years after deploying a shipping-container-size data center to the depths off Scotland’s Orkney Islands, Microsoft has reeled it back… Read More

Cutting-edge Microsoft data center fuels a new vision for global energy efficiency

In an industrial Seattle warehouse with plywood walls and exposed pipes, a group of about 60 people gathered Wednesday to… Read More

Apple buys 200 acres of land in Central Oregon to expand data center

Apple is growing its footprint in Central Oregon. The Silicon Valley tech giant paid $3.6 million for nearly 200 acres of… Read More

Microsoft heads back to court in epic fight to limit U.S. government’s access to overseas data

Microsoft will deliver courtroom arguments on Wednesday in a legal showdown with the U.S. government as it tries to limit police access to… Read More

Amazon bringing 1,000 jobs to central Ohio with $1.1 billion data center investment

Amazon is spending $1.1 billion on data centers and other facilities in the Columbus, Ohio area, which will create 1,000 new jobs. The… Read More

Google is improving its data centers with the power of machine learning

In its continuing quest to improve the efficiency of its data centers, Google has found a new solution: machine learning.… Read More

Microsoft plans massive new data center in Quincy, Wash., paying $11M for 200 acres

Microsoft has reached a deal to buy another 200 acres of land in Quincy, Wash. which it plans to use… Read More

Microsoft explores powering data centers with fuel cells

According to a new report by Microsoft Research, the company is exploring the possibility of getting its server architecture off… Read More

Microsoft inks 20-year deal to buy energy from Texas wind farm

In an effort to become carbon neutral, Microsoft on Monday signed a deal to purchase energy from a Texas wind… Read More

Sustainable Seattle: City wants to recycle excess data center energy to heat up buildings

The City of Seattle is putting a new meaning to the word recycle. As first reported by The Economist, plans… Read More

Microsoft revealed as mystery company behind new $700M data center project

Microsoft is putting another $700 million toward its data center infrastructure in the Midwest, expanding its presence in Iowa to… Read More

Google looking to expand data center in Oregon

Google has plans to expand its data center footprint in The Dalles, Ore., with a new 164,000 square foot building… Read More

Turning poop into power: Microsoft building innovative data center to test clean power resource strategies

Think about human waste inside of a toilet. Yes, I know, gross. Now, think about power for a data center.… Read More

Apple breaks ground on giant Northwest data center

Construction has begun on Apple’s 338,000-square-foot, $68 million data-center building in Prineville, Ore. — the first of two giant structures planned… Read More