Google Cloud wins “seven figure” military security contract

Google Cloud has won a “seven figure” contract with the US Department of Defense’s Innovation Unit to help it detect and respond to cyber threats. Google Cloud said the deal will allow the Innovation Unit to run applications across platforms using Anthos – including Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure – while being […]

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 […]