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Equinix and GIC to form 'xScale' European hyperscale data center joint venture, target cloud giants
With more than $1bn in backing
With more than $1bn in backing
Along with a startup accelerator program
Offering infrastructure and full stack of services for what it says is Europe's largest cloud market
Inner Mongolia region bids to be a data center powerhouse for China
Bringing both AWS and its e-commerce services to the country
The company has confirmed the location, but failed to specify a date
On-premises infrastructure from the Chinese cloud giant
Its 17th region worldwide
One for today, another for tomorrow
Due to come online in January
As part of a renewed partnership between the company and a research university in Abu Dhabi
The first major public cloud provider to host infrastructure in the country
China’s largest cloud provider joins AWS and Azure in offering Red Hat to its customers
But questions remain over whether it will build its own facility
The biggest tech companies in China nab AI-friendly chips in data center upgrade
But we don’t know much about the facilities themselves
Genome Analysis Tool Kit will be available as a free service
SDN provider helps Chinese giant
Stating it will help SMEs in the region
Global coverage increases
Meanwhile, Jack Ma asks why the US spends so much on its military
Continues to slowly push outside of China
Says the shift to the cloud is driven by IoT, analytics
Moving in and out of China gets easier