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Amazon Web Services focuses on optimizing artificial intelligence in space

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services demonstrated data processing in orbit in 2022, using a payload on D-Orbit’s ION satellite carrier, shown in this artist’s conception. (D-Orbit Clint Crosier is director of aerospace and satellite solutions at Amazon Web Services.

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AWS cloud to rain another £8 billion in the UK for local cloud infrastructure

Network World

billion) over the next five years in UK data centers. The money will be spent “building, operating and maintaining data centers in the UK,” an AWS statement said. By capex we mean data center construction and purchase of servers and server racks, and networking infrastructure,” she said in an email to Network World. “By

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Amazon announces nuclear power deals as tech giants scramble for more clean energy

GeekWire

An Amazon data center in Oregon. AWS Photo) Amazon today announced agreements supporting the construction of a next-generation nuclear power plant in its home state of Washington — marking the latest development in the tech-driven resurgence of nuclear energy. Inside an Amazon data center in Ohio.

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Multicloud: Tips for getting it right

CIO Business Intelligence

Their business model stands and falls with the interaction of many data sources and services that are located in different clouds. But even the IT environments of companies in less complex industries often now resemble a conglomeration of local data centers, virtual machines, mobile devices and cloud services.

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Amazon confirms abrupt departure of AWS data center chief Chris Vonderhaar

GeekWire

GeekWire File Photo The Amazon Web Services executive who oversaw the cloud giant’s massive network of data centers is suddenly gone, without explanation. Amazon confirmed the departure of Chris Vonderhaar, who had been at the company for nearly 13 years, in response to a GeekWire inquiry on Tuesday.

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AWS launches second region in India with a $4.4 billion commitment

CIO Business Intelligence

Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Tuesday launched its second region in India and said it was committing $4.4 Local zones, on the other hand, are infrastructure deployment that provides compute, storage and database services to a large population or industry centers. “We Cloud Computing, Data Center

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Microsoft signs deal to revive Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to help power data centers

GeekWire

The facility is getting a new name in the deal, Crane Clean Energy Center , and is expected to become operational by 2028. Power demand is rising as Microsoft ramps up construction of new, power-hungry data centers in order to support the increased use of artificial intelligence and generative AI.