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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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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The EU’s European Commission has awarded a €180 million ($212 million) sovereign cloud contract to four European providers for a six-year term. The tender, launched in October 2025, “supports the Commission’s broader efforts to enhance its own sovereignty, reinforcing control in important technologies and infrastructure,” it said in a statement. Sovereign cloud tender and selection […]
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Large healthcare companies are turning to cloud platforms as they try to connect fragmented health data and create new digital services for patients. A new initiative from CVS Health shows how one of the largest healthcare providers in the US is using cloud infrastructure to build a system designed to link data and care providers […]
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The way people shop online and in stores is changing. Large retailers are trying new ways to make search, product discovery and support feel more fluid and more personalised. The Australian retail group Wesfarmers unveiled a partnership with Google Cloud designed to do just that, using advanced AI tools to build a new customer experience […]
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Alphabet’s expanding AI cloud infrastructure push shows how demand is putting real pressure on the systems that power enterprise computing. Hyperscale providers are responding by sharply increasing spending on compute capacity, but supply remains tight as AI workloads grow faster than data centre buildouts. Alphabet’s latest earnings call offered a clear window into that tension. […]
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For Airbus, the cloud is no longer just an IT decision. It has become a question of control. Europe’s largest aerospace group is weighing a move away from two of its most important technology suppliers—Google and Microsoft—as it looks for a cloud environment governed entirely by European rules. According to reporting by The Register, Airbus […]
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A new multicloud networking service built by Amazon and Google is now available, giving companies a faster way to link the two tech giants’ cloud platforms at a time when even short internet outages can disrupt major online services. The system lets customers set up private, high-speed connections between AWS and Google Cloud in minutes […]
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Google Cloud has picked up another major contract to deliver secure, sovereign cloud services to a military agency, only a few months after it signed a similar deal with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The agreement will see the Nato Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) use Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), an air-gapped system built […]
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