Facebook’s Zuckerberg pushes for tech regulation
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook has called on the EU to develop new regulations for tech companies and the way in which they interact with the internet. At the start of the week Zuckerberg took part in a video debate with Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market. During which he said that it […]
MoU paves the way for Google Cloud to launch new regions in Italy
Google Cloud and Telecom Italia (TIM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo to help it digitalise services and improve security and data protection standards. To provide the group with Google Cloud services, the “ambitious project” will see the creation of two carbon neutral Google Cloud Regions in Turin and […]
NDC takes the wraps off yet another new data centre in Europe
The new company recently announced its move into Sweden and now it has unveiled German expansion plans, with other sites no doubt being planned elsewhere. Germany’s NDC Data Centers GmbH has launched the building of another data centre in the Frankfurt region, quickly following the recent announcement that it was building one of Sweden’s largest […]
Telefonica may sell its data centres for $669m in its latest debt reduction bid
Telefonica is allegedly selling its data centres to Asterion Capital for around $669.18m as its latest attempt to reduce its debt. Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial reported that the transaction was analysed on Wednesday in a meeting that Telefónica held at its headquarters in Madrid, according to sources close to the operation. Despite this, the […]
HIVE threatens to leave Norway after parliament axes crypto mining power subsidies
The company, which also has data centre facilities in Sweden and Iceland, only acquired its Norwegian site last year, which was once billed as the biggest potential data centre campus in the world – before the legislators declared crypto mining “dirty”. HIVE Blockchain Technologies (TSX.V: HIVE) (OTC: HVBTF) has protested about proposed energy subsidy changes […]
CyrusOne to build extra data centres in London and Frankfurt
The company boosted its European presence with the acquisition of Zenium, and the new builds will be added to other rapid expansion across the group’s global footprint. CyrusOne (Nasdaq: CONE) has announced the building of new data centres in both London and Frankfurt. Construction is set to be completed by the end of the fourth […]