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Google will expand its data center footprint in Lenoir, North Carolina, investing $600 million on a 60-acre site next to its existing campus. Supported by local tax incentives, the project will add 30 full-time jobs and enhance community resources. Partnering with the city for additional water capacity, Google enters a new growth phase in its 17-year presence in Caldwell County.
Google Cloud’s europe-west3 region in Frankfurt experienced a 12-hour outage starting early Thursday due to power and cooling issues, disrupting virtual machines and disks for customers. Google has since fully restored services, attributing the problem to a partial zone power-down. A full incident report is forthcoming, as the company continues to work on resilience measures across its cloud infrastructure.
CoreWeave has signed a long-term lease at The Northeast Science & Technology Center in Kenilworth, New Jersey, with plans to transform a 280,000 sq ft building into a cutting-edge data center. Partnering with Onyx Equities and PSE&G, the $1.2 billion project aligns with New Jersey’s AI ambitions. This facility will support AI-driven life sciences and biopharma innovation, enhancing CoreWeave’s cloud capabilities in its home state.
IN4IT has launched a free-for-personal-use VPN server built on WireGuard protocols, offering seamless integration with OpenID, SAML, and SCIM. Available across major cloud marketplaces, this VPN aims to help users cut costs on cloud tools. For production, licenses start at $2 per user, with enterprise options for high volume. Founder Edward Viaene sees this VPN as a flagship in IN4IT’s affordable cloud product suite.
Notion appears close to launching “Notion Mail,” its upcoming email product, following its acquisition of Skiff, a privacy-focused email platform. Users have spotted traces of the service online, fueling speculation ahead of Notion’s product announcements. This move could help Notion compete with major productivity suites like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, as it expands beyond its core knowledge base offerings. Notion has yet to confirm details.
UK-based Oriole Networks has raised $22 million to enhance its AI photonic technology, which accelerates AI model training while dramatically cutting energy consumption. By using light-based processing, Oriole’s solution promises to train large language models up to 100 times faster than traditional methods. The funding, led by Plural, brings Oriole’s 2024 total to $35 million, positioning the company to deliver its energy-efficient AI solutions by 2025.
