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Cloud 4 days ago

Merck sign multi-year partnership with cloud platform Saama Data analytics firm Saama Technologies recently announced a new agreement with biopharmaceutical multinational Merck in a bid to create a new clinical data management system. Using the Saama Life Science Analytics Cloud (LSAC) as the base for the new system, the platform will benefit researchers by organising a broad range of clinical data in...

Digital Realty, leading provider of data centre, colocation, and interconnectivity solutions, has agreed to sell an existing facility for $205 million USD.

Data Centre 4 days ago

Digital Realty selling data centre facility for $205M USD

After posting a massive loss of more than $23 billion in the April to June quarter, employees at SoftBank’s flagship Vision Fund are bracing for job cuts.

Fintech 4 days ago

SoftBank sets out jobs layoffs at Vision Fund after major loss

The Australian Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has announced a request that most data centre companies should be considered for the new whole-of-government data panel if they wish.

Data Centre 4 days ago

Australian government seeks new data centre providers

Employees at the cloud communications platform, Twilio recently fell victim to a sophisticated social engineering attack that made some customer data available to hackers.

Cloud 4 days ago

Cloud platform Twilio target of successful social engineering hack

Compass Data Centres has announced a partnership with global real estate firm Hines to acquire a 2.3 million square-foot site in Milan, Italy. The two companies plan to build one of the largest data...

Data Centre 4 days ago

Compass Data Centres partners with Hines for Milan data centre

The Greater London Authority (GLA) has informed housing developers that the power grid in certain parts of the city is overextended, and it may take up to a decade to build the infrastructure out...

Data Centre Fri 5 Aug 2022

London housing ban likely in face of data centre energy usage

Features and Interviews

Data Centre Fri 22 Jul 2022

How to select the right racks and enclosures for your physical infrastructure envir...

Digital transformation has been a key focus for businesses for many years, but post-pandemic many organisations’ efforts have accelerated. IDC forecasts that direct digital transformation (DX) investment growth between 2022-2024 will hit $6.3... Read More

Data Centre Thu 21 Jul 2022

Five Ways to Future-Proof your Fibre Optic Infrastructure

Increasing traffic within data centres requires the fibre optic link bandwidth capacity to keep expanding as data... Read More

Data Centre Tue 29 Mar 2022

Microsoft data centres heating homes in Finland

Transporting heat requires insulated plumbing and ducts, which are quite expensive. Adding piping to share heat from... Read More

Data Centre Fri 18 Mar 2022

Gender diversity: women in the data centre talent pipeline

This is distressing in the basic fact that it seems that women’s opportunities are limited in a... Read More

Data Centre Fri 22 Apr 2022

What smart cities mean for the Data Centre in 2022/23

Investment in smart cities is growing worldwide. According to information from Statista, “Technology spending on smart city... Read More