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UNITED STATES
Microsoft is building a new data centre region near Atlanta The East US 3 region will have a presence in Fulton and Douglas county, Georgia, and coincides with the purchase of a 90 acre parcel of land in Atlanta. The involvement of the mayors of three towns within Fulton and Douglas counties points to the data centres being located in East Point, Douglasville and Palmetto. and water shortages.
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ISRAEL
In Texas, data centres weather storm Uri
Oracle spins up its Jerusalem cloud bunker
When severe weather battered Texas and surrounding states in February, data centre operators like Equinix and Digital Realty demonstrated their facilities’ resilience by keeping the lights on and services running, even as millions experienced blackouts and water shortages.
In partnership with Bynet Communications, Oracle opened up one of the Middle East’s most impenetrable data centres, and Israel’s first public cloud facility, 50 metres beneath the streets of Jerusalem.
April 2021
