ByteDance tunes its global data centers to Carbon Neutrality by 2030
ByteDance, the company behind popular video sharing app TikTok has announced its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2030. As part of this commitment, ByteDance aims to reduce its operational emissions by at least 90 percent, by 2030. The remaining 10 percent will be addressed through high quality carbon offsets, a goal aligned with leading […]
UAE’s Central Bank Digital Currency Strategy & why Data Centers should pay attention
The Central Bank of UAE (CBUAE) jointly held a signing ceremony with G42 Cloud and R3. This partnership signifies the implementation of the CBUAE Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Strategy, which is one of the nine initiatives of the CBUAE’s Financial Infrastructure Transformation (FIT) Programme. To achieve this stated objective, the CBUAE has engaged with […]
Smart Retail & Cloud Technologies Help Accelerate Indonesia’s Digital Transformation
FunP Innovation Group, a Taiwanese conglomerate specializing in digital advertising and technology, recently obtained finance from Ennoconn Corporation in the amount of US$3.12 million for its business unit, cacaFly, to create smart retail and cloud solutions for Indonesia and other countries in APAC. According to a recent PwC report, the use of cloud computing may […]
Web Werks – Iron Mountain JV Launches its First Data Center in Bengaluru
Web Werks – Iron Mountain Data Centers (IMDC) Joint Venture, today announced the launch of its first data center on their campus in Bengaluru, India. The data center is located in Whitefield, Bengaluru and is well positioned as a gateway to Southern India, the company said in a statement. Situated in an 80,000 square feet […]
Microsoft Speeds up the Construction of Data Centers to Support ChatGPT
Microsoft is taking a leadership position in building the new and expanded data center infrastructure that will be needed to support artificial intelligence. This follows the company’s surge into the lead in artificial intelligence with its $10B investment in ChatGPT and Open AI. Since its release at the end of November, ChatGPT has exploded into […]
Security in hybrid IT – How does your cyber risk profile change?
Hybrid IT is a combination of on-premise IT and cloud computing. It has become deployed increasingly as companies focus more on the cost, efficiency and security of their IT operations. According to Cisco’s 2022 Global Hybrid Cloud Trends Report, 82% of the IT leaders surveyed have adopted hybrid IT. The report was based on 2,500 […]
Thailand Board of Investment Approves $1.64 Billion Investment Projects: 2 Data Centers Projects to be launched
During a meeting on Mar 21, the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) approved investment privileges for infrastructure projects totaling 56.6 billion baht (equivalent to US$1.64 billion). The focus will be on strengthening the country’s energy and digital sectors. Additionally, the BOI announced the launch of the “HQ Biz Portal” this month. This integrated service is […]
Bharti Airtel Launches Unlimited Data Plans to Foster the Adoption of 5G
Bharti Airtel, an Indian telecommunications company, has announced the launch of unlimited 5G data for its customers with the aim of encouraging them to migrate to 5G services. The telco decided to remove the capping on data usage across all existing 5G plans. The 5G access is available to all Airtel subscribers for free where […]