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AWS Launches Independent European Cloud to Meet Sovereignty Requirements

PYMNTS / pymnts - AWS has launched the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, an independent cloud located in the European Union and designed to help customers meet the EU’s sovereignty requirements. The cloud is physically and logically separate from other AWS regions, and it feat…

#cloud #dataprivacy #techpolicy #cloudsec #amazon #datacenter #gdpr #europe #eu #regulation

AWS Launches Independent European Cloud to Meet Sovereignty Requirements

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

AWS European Sovereign Cloud

7 wks / ycombinator

Amazon Launches AWS European Sovereign Cloud

7 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

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State and Federal Lawmakers Want Data Centers to Pay More for Energy

Ivan Penn and Karen Weise / nytimes - Many proposals have been introduced, but there is little consensus among governors, Congress members and tech executives about exactly how much the companies behind data centers should pay for electricity.

#cloud #techpolicy #energy #government #business #datacenter #environment #pricing #economy #regulation

State and Federal Lawmakers Want Data Centers to Pay More for Energy

7 wks / nytimes / Ivan Penn and Karen Weise

State and Federal Lawmakers Want Data Centers to Pay More for Energy

7 wks / nytimes / Ivan Penn,Karen Weise

Back to Top / Thursday, January 15, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 17941 / 2 stories in 7 wks


Cloudflare Acquires Human Native

FinSMEs / finsmes - Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), a San Francisco, CA-based connectivity cloud company, acquired Human Native, an AI data marketplace that connects creators and AI developers. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The acquisition will enable AI developers…

#ai #cloud #datascience #dataprivacy #aiethics #genai #business #acquisitions #cloudflare

Cloudflare acquires AI data marketplace Human Native

7 wks / cnbc

Cloudflare Acquires Human Native

7 wks / finsmes / FinSMEs

Cloudflare Acquires Human Native to Advance AI Data Marketplaces and Creator Pay - WebProNews

7 wks / webpronews

Exclusive: Cloudflare acquires AI data startup Human Native

7 wks / sifted

Back to Top / Thursday, January 15, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 17929 / 4 stories in 7 wks


Microsoft is Closing Its Employee Library and Cutting Back on Subscriptions

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft's library of books is so heavy that it once caused a campus building to sink, according to an unproven legend among employees. Now those physical books, journals, and reports, and many of Microsoft's digital …

#cloud #digitaltransformation #enterprise #microsoft #business #economy #technology #productivity #microsoft365 #office

Microsoft is Closing Its Employee Library and Cutting Back on Subscriptions

7 wks / slashdot / msmash

Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions

7 wks / theverge / Tom Warren

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Amazon Just Secured the First New American Copper in a Decade. Bacteria Did the Work.

Maria Garcia / implicator - AWS just became the first buyer of American-mined copper in over a decade. The source? Bacteria eating rock in an Arizona desert. As AI data centers consume 47 tonnes of copper per megawatt, Amazon is securing supply chains before the squeeze hits.

#cloud #innovation #biotech #amazon #datacenter #environment #supplychain #biology #mining #commodities

Amazon is buying copper harvested by bacteria for its data centers

7 wks / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Amazon Just Secured the First New American Copper in a Decade. Bacteria Did the Work.

7 wks / implicator / Maria Garcia

Back to Top / Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1:20 pm / permalink 17916 / 2 stories in 7 wks


AWS flips switch on Euro cloud as customers fret about digital sovereignty

Lindsay Clark / theregister - EU-only ops, German subsidiaries, and a pinky promise your data won't end up in Uncle Sam's hands Amid continued trade and geopolitical volatility between Europe and the US, Amazon Web Services is making its European Sovereign Cloud generally available to…

#cloud #dataprivacy #techpolicy #cloudsec #amazon #government #datacenter #europe #eu #regulation

Amazon expands 'sovereign cloud' in Europe

7 wks / techxplore

London Stock Exchange Group signs new data deal with AWS

7 wks / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

AWS flips switch on Euro cloud as customers fret about digital sovereignty

7 wks / theregister / Lindsay Clark

AWS expanding in Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal, amid sovereign cloud launch

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

Is the AWS European Sovereign Cloud sovereign enough?

7 wks / techzine / Sander Almekinders

Amazon launches its 'sovereign' cloud in Europe and plots expansion

7 wks / cnbc

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