Cloud

Azure rolls out Ampere Arm-based VMs, touting large energy efficiency, performance gains

Microsoft has joined Oracle and Google in now offering Ampere Altra Arm-based VMs to customers. Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) running on Arm-based processors are Generally Available (GA) as of September 1, with the VMs "engineered to efficiently run scale-out, cloud-native workloads" Microsoft said. Pricing varies depending on...

The Stack August 30, 2022

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Chinese cloud hyperscalers slash infrastructure spending

Will Western data center capex be the "next shoe to drop" in contraction?

The Stack August 25, 2022

"Existing connections will be shut down" -- Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core

"Existing connections will be shut down" -- Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core

"As of that date, devices will be unable to connect to the Google Cloud IoT Core MQTT and HTTP bridges..."

The Stack August 16, 2022

Google denies Iowa data centre explosion linked to global outage

“We are aware of an incident at Google’s data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa."

Eliot Beer August 09, 2022

BT’s energy efficiency obsession has its Networks division chasing flexibility

BT’s energy efficiency obsession has its Networks division chasing flexibility

“We obsess about something called the bits per second per hertz per megawatt."

Eliot Beer August 05, 2022

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Amazon's $2 billion loss explained and 4 key takeawas from its earnings

Amazon reported a $2 billion net loss in Q2. That was due to a collapse in the value of its stake in electric vehicle maker Rivian – which cost Amazon $3.9 billion in non-operating expense. That’s a painful figure. A $79 billion sales run rate at a robustly growing...

The Stack July 29, 2022