Pinterest has signed a US$4 billion cloud deal with AWS, extending its cloud services agreement with Amazon Web Services through 2031. The agreement is Pinterest’s largest infrastructure commitment to date. It builds on a cloud relationship that began in 2010, when Pinterest started using AWS to support the reliability and performance of its core services. […]
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Google has broken ground on a new data centre in Horndal, Sweden. The facility will support Google services including Search, Cloud, Workspace, and YouTube. The company said the site will help meet demand for cloud services in Sweden and other markets. The International Energy Agency said electricity demand from data centres rose 17% in 2025 […]
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Snowflake has raised its product revenue forecast for fiscal 2027 after reporting stronger-than-expected quarterly revenue, with the Snowflake AWS deal adding a US$6 billion infrastructure commitment for enterprise AI workloads on Amazon Web Services. The company now expects fiscal 2027 product revenue of US$5.84 billion, up from its earlier forecast of US$5.66 billion. It also […]
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Anthropic is reportedly in early discussions to rent server capacity powered by Microsoft’s Maia chips, according to The Information and CNBC. The talks come shortly after Anthropic agreed to use Google’s cloud infrastructure and Tensor Processing Units under a large multi-year agreement. They also follow a separate Microsoft agreement announced in November. Under that deal, […]
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Google and Blackstone plan to create a US-based AI cloud venture that will provide access to data centre capacity and Google’s custom AI chips. Blackstone will make an initial equity investment of US$5 billion to support the venture. The firm will be the majority owner of the new business. The companies said the investment will […]
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AWS has made Claude Platform on AWS generally available, giving customers access to Anthropic’s native Claude Platform through their existing AWS accounts. AWS said it is the first cloud provider to offer access to the Claude Platform natively. The service allows developers and organisations to use Claude APIs, the Claude Console, and early-access beta features […]
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Microsoft is weighing whether to delay or abandon one of its 2030 clean energy targets as it expands data centre capacity for AI and cloud services, Bloomberg has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The target, announced in 2021 and known as 100/100/0, aims to match 100% of Microsoft’s electricity use, 100% of the […]
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Amazon is expanding its investment and infrastructure commitments in artificial intelligence through a deeper partnership with Anthropic, as cloud providers continue to scale compute capacity for large language models. The company has agreed to invest up to $25 billion more into Anthropic, adding to its previous $8 billion commitment. The latest agreement includes an initial […]
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Tata Communications has introduced IZO Data Centre Dynamic Connectivity, a software-defined platform to help enterprises connect their data centres in distributed and AI-driven operating environments. The need for continuous connectivity and stable data flows in support of operations means that among the metrics examined by potential buyers is reliability metrics. Financial systems, IT services, manufacturing […]
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Huawei Cloud hosted COMPASS this month in Shenzhen and Dongguan, China, its annual congress dedicated to Latin America. 2026’s event had 150 attendees, comprising of key public sector decision-makers, business leaders, industry experts, and technology partners from the region. CEO of Huawei Cloud, Dr. Peter Zhou, told the group that the company has become the […]
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