TSMC partners with Ansys, Synopsys and Cadence for silicon photonics program
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May 01, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Amazon AWS
Amazon has revealed plans to develop data centers at a renewable energy business park in County Offaly, Ireland.AWS will become the first business to develop at the Bord na Móna Eco Energy Park in County Offaly, where it will leverage the energy produced by Bord na Móna's renewable development...
May 01, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | IBM Cloud
Japanese research institute Riken is set to deploy an IBM quantum computer at its facilities in Kobe. The quantum system – to be powered by a 133-qubit Heron processor – will be colocated and integrated with the organization’s existing Fugaku supercomputer. “Riken is committed to developing sy...
May 01, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has entered an agreement to invest an estimated $10 billion in renewable electricity projects to be developed by Brookfield Asset Management. The “global framework agreement” signed by the cloud company is a commitment to bring 10.5 gigawatts of generating capacity online.“Microsoft ...
Apr 30, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Orange
Orange and Huawei have teamed up to launch Huawei Cloud services in Egypt. Both companies have previously teamed up to launch the Orange Business Cloud for business in Egypt. Following the latest agreement which is an extension of that launch, Huawei Cloud will roll out an array of its cloud c...
Apr 30, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Edinburgh
Edinburgh University has announced plans to use waste heat from its data center to warm up its buildings and has has received grant funding of just under £2.1 million ($2.62m) to support the energy-saving project at its Kings Buildings campus.The university will also invest £520,000 of its own...
Apr 30, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | United States
European satellite firm SES is set to acquire Virginia-based Intelsat via 100 percent of the equity of Intelsat Holdings S.a.r.l. for a cash consideration of €2.8 billion ($3.1 billion) and certain contingent value rights. The companies said the partnership will create a “stronger multi-orbit ...
Apr 29, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | IBM Cloud
IBM has signed an agreement with both the Quebec government and the Canadian government to strengthen the country’s semiconductor industry. Following this agreement, IBM and the two governments invest C$187 million (US$137m) in the company’s Bromont plant in Quebec to bolster the country’s as...
Apr 29, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Austin
A hydrogen demonstration facility has launched in Austin, Texas and will help provide power to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) data center via a fuel cell. The project – located at the University of Texas (UT) J.J. Pickle Research Campus in Austin – is a collaboration between GTI En...
Apr 29, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Equinix
Colocation firm Equinix has signed long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to procure renewable energy in Singapore fromSembcorp Industries. Following the agreements, Sembcorp Power will supply a maximum capacity of 75MWp from its solar assets and 30MW from its gas-power generation portfoli...
Apr 29, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Amazon AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is set for an annualized revenue run rate of $100 billion as its first quarter has seen revenue of $25 billion, representing Year-on-Year (YoY) revenue growth of 17.2 percent, up from 13.2 percent in Q4 of 2023.CEO Andy Jassy told investors during the earnings call: "...
Apr 27, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Oracle
Conduent and Voya Financial have joined the list of companies to adopt Oracle Database@Azure to aid their cloud migrations.Oracle Database@Azure is an agreement between Oracle and Microsoft to colocate its Exadata database-optimized servers and Real Application Clusters in Microsoft Azure data...
Apr 27, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Intel
Intel has reported a net revenue loss of $400 million in the first quarter of 2024, with its Foundry business unit continuing to experience a significant downturn. CEO Pat Gelsinger said that the revenue decline for the Foundry unit was not unexpected and the company expected 2024 would see it...
Apr 26, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Canada
Nuclear small modular reactor (SMR) company Terrestrial Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Schneider Electric to jointly develop commercial opportunities and advance the deployment of IMSR plants as the reactor company is currently developing a 190MWe Integral Molten Salt Rea...
Apr 26, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Google
Google this week revealed plans to expand its footprint in Indiana with a $2 billion data center in Fort Wayne. It also announced a collaboration with Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M) to add clean energy to the local grid.“We are thrilled to announce our investment in Fort Wayne as the...
Apr 26, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Microsoft Azure
Microsoft, during its quarterly earnings call revealed that its cloud unit surpassed $31.8 billion in revenue for the quarter, up by 24 percent YoY. This led to a 4% increase in the company’s stock market, bridging the value to $128 billion. "We have the most comprehensive cloud footprint with...
Apr 25, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | AtlasEdge
European Edge firm AtlasEdge announced this week that it is planning to develop data centers in Portugal and has ebtered the market with the acquisition of two adjacent sites in Lisbon that will deliver more than 20MW of IT load.“Our entry into the Portuguese market provides us with a key foot...
Apr 25, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Amazon AWS
Amazon Web Services has revealed that it is behind a planned data center in Indiana. The state overnor Eric J. Holcomb this week announced plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center campus in north central Indiana – the largest capital investment announcement in Indiana’s history.“Indi...
Apr 25, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | United States
SES this week announced that it has launched its O3b mPower satellite connectivity service and will be deploying it worldwide. SES will be introducing services in the coming months to O3b mPower customers to deliver reliable connectivity services ranging from tens of Mbps to multiple gigabits ...
Apr 25, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Scotland
UK telco and media firm Sky has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Octopus Renewables Infrastructure to procure the output of a Scottish windfarm. Following this deal, ky UK buy 69 percent of the electricity produced by the 46MW Crossdykes windfarm, located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, ...