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AWS to invest $5.3 to build data centers in Saudi Arabia to bolster tech in the region

CIO

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the latest high-tech giant to announce a major stake in Saudi Arabia’s burgeoning technology industry, unveiling a plan this week to invest more than $5.3 billion in the Middle East kingdom to build data centers and a significant cloud presence in the region.

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Cloud infrastructure sales rise as Microsoft closes in on AWS

CIO

Fueled by enterprise demand for data analytics , machine learning , data center consolidation and cloud-native app developmen t, spending on cloud infrastructure services jumped 33% year on year to $62.3 Cloud providers build out infrastructure. billion in the second quarter, according to Canalys.

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Data Centers IN SPAAACE | Discord GDPR Fine | AWS Fires Dead Wood

DevOps.com

The post Data Centers IN SPAAACE | Discord GDPR Fine | AWS Fires Dead Wood appeared first on DevOps.com. In this week’s The Long View: The EU wants to put servers in orbit, a GDPR penalty for Discord, and Amazon has the hatchet out.

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Oracle expands cloud footprint with a second region in Chile

CIO

Oracle on Wednesday said it is opening a second cloud region in Chile as part of ongoing efforts to expand its global cloud footprint to compete with the larger rivals including AWS, Microsoft, and Google. AWS has a cloud region in Sao Paulo, which has three availability zones. AWS, too, is planning a region in Chile.

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Macroeconomic jitters further slow AWS growth in Q3

CIO

Macroeconomic conditions led by the pandemic and the geopolitical crisis in Ukraine have further slowed down growth of Amazon’s cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS), in the third quarter of 2022. Amazon on Thursday said AWS had raked in revenue of $20.5 However, revenue for AWS grew at 33% year-on-year at 19.74

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CIOs rethink all-in cloud strategies

CIO

The resulting infrastructure of choice — a combination of on-premises and hybrid-cloud platforms — will aim to reduce cost overruns, contain cloud chaos, and ensure adequate funding for generative AI projects. I send data back to the cloud where I can afford a 5-10 millisecond delay of processing. “

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AWS at NVIDIA GTC 2024: Accelerate innovation with generative AI on AWS

AWS Machine Learning - AI

AWS was delighted to present to and connect with over 18,000 in-person and 267,000 virtual attendees at NVIDIA GTC, a global artificial intelligence (AI) conference that took place March 2024 in San Jose, California, returning to a hybrid, in-person experience for the first time since 2019.