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Switching cloud providers is now easier
At Mobile World Congress 2024, microsoft has announced a goal to make it easier for users to export and transfer data to competing cloud providers as part of the company’s new AI Access Principles.
Microsoft is not alone in making this move as regulators increase scrutiny of the business practices of cloud service providers. However, Microsoft’s announcement is decidedly more vague than its competitors.
on tuesday, AWS The company announced it would no longer charge customers who wish to switch to a competing provider.
“Starting today, customers around the world can now receive free data transfers to the Internet if they want to migrate to another IT provider,” said AWS Vice President Robert Kennedy.
Back in January, Googleannounced the immediate end of cloud switching fees.
Athos at Risk
Amid efforts to regulate Big Tech in Europe, French on-premises data center management company Atos is facing financial difficulties and possible dissolution by the French Senate.
Former CEO Thierry Breton, now the EU commissioner overseeing the regulation, denies responsibility for the company’s current situation, instead placing blame on its leadership after stepping down in 2019. I set it.
But critics say the acquisitions under Brereton’s leadership left Atos with debt and a “mishmash of disparate companies that have struggled to adapt to changes in the IT industry.”
Data center trading and development
In data center development, a number of deals were announced at this week’s LEAP technology conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Planned investments include:
- AWS will invest $5.3 billion in building a new infrastructure region to open in 2026.
- data vaultThe Saudi-based data center company plans to invest $5 billion to develop data centers with a capacity of over 300 MW.
- IBM plans to invest $250 million in software development centers in the region.
- ServiceNowSoftware company will invest $500 million to localize its services in Saudi Arabia.
In the United States, Amazon Purchased a 960 MW data center campus in northeastern Pennsylvania from Talen Energy for $650 million. The campus, known as Cumulus, is located next to a nuclear power plant, giving energy-intensive infrastructure direct access to nuclear power generation. Cumulus data centers could provide an important case study for renewable energy in data centers, as electricity consumption exceeds electricity generation in the United States.
Elsewhere in Georgia, microsoft purchased approximately 21 acres of land adjacent to its existing Palmetto data center campus for $6 million.
finally, Prologis, a major warehouse owner across the United States, clearly has space to spare and has announced a warehouse-to-data center conversion. The company plans to invest more than $25 billion in data center development projects over the next five years.
For more data center development news, read more about the builds and investments announced last month.
Other great articles on DCK this week
Key trends and technologies that will impact data centers in 2024 and beyond. Vladimir Galabov, Director of Omdia Research, details the latest trends in global data centers and his predictions for the industry in 2024.
Data centers expand into new territory in search of energy and space. North American data centers are running out of space and power in their favorite locations and are moving to a variety of promising locations.
Explosive growth in data in the cloud era complicates observability. There are too many applications and data for IT professionals to easily monitor, but there are solutions that may help.
Defining the role of AI in network management. AI won’t put Human Network’s manager out of a job. However, it helps managers become more insightful and efficient.
Despite widespread backlash, IT workers support DEI programs. A new DEI in IT report finds that the IT sector is experiencing resilient growth in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
