India’s Ministry of Earth Sciences set to get two supercomputers from Eviden at $100m

The Atos subsidiary Eviden has received a $100 million contract from the National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) to deliver two supercomputers to India’s Ministry of Earth Sciences. These systems, based on Eviden’s BullSequana XH2000, will have a combined power capacity of up to 21.3 Petaflops and will rely on Eviden’s patented Direct Liquid […]

NTT launched its hyperscale data center with subsea cable in Chennai

Chennai, a city known as a go-to destination for launching data centers, has another one from  NTT. It is NTTs’ second hyperscale data center in Chennai. Located 9km from the company’s Chennai 1 Data Center, the new Chennai 2 Data Center campus will boast two 9-storey buildings. Building A and B will offer a maximum […]

Kakao Pays Millions in Compensation for Data Center Fire Disruption

Kakao completed payments totaling 27.5 billion won (US$ 20.9 million) as compensation damages for business partners and users that experienced service disruptions due to the Pangyo data center fire last October. In a press release, Kakao said the Korean platform giant took into account service users and partners of Kakao Games, Kakao Mobility, Kakao Entertainment […]

TM and Maxis Join Forces for Enhanced Nationwide Mobile Connectivity in Malaysia

Telekom Malaysia (TM) and Maxis formed a strategic partnership in Malaysia, allowing TM to utilize Maxis’ 4G Multi Operator Core Network (MOCN) and Domestic Roaming Services for nationwide mobile connectivity enhancement. MOCN is a radio access network sharing mechanism that allows different core networks to utilize the same RAN infrastructure. By leveraging Maxis’ RAN infrastructure, […]