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Server maker Wiwynn is suing Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, for $61 million. The Taiwanese company alleges that X stopped paying for $120 million worth of server parts after Musk’s acquisition. As X cut cloud bills and closed data centers, Wiwynn seeks compensation for the unpaid components, adding to the legal issues Musk’s company is dealing with.
Cisco is slashing up to 6,000 jobs—7% of its workforce—as it shifts focus to AI, cloud, and cybersecurity. This latest round of layoffs follows the $28 billion Splunk acquisition. CFO Scott Herren emphasizes that the cuts are not about cost-saving but reallocating resources to fuel strategic growth. Cisco’s restructuring signals a bold pivot towards emerging tech, positioning itself for the future.
With the potential spin-off of Amazon Pay into a standalone app, both visibility and usage are likely to increase significantly in India. Currently integrated within the e-commerce app, Amazon Pay may soon operate independently, allowing users to make payments, pay bills, and invest with greater ease. This move aligns with Amazon’s strategy of creating a one-stop shop for everything digital in India’s competitive payment market.
RadiusDC has acquired Miami I, a network-centric data center in South Florida, enhancing its urban data center platform. The 170,000 sq. ft. facility, built to withstand Category 5 hurricanes, offers 15MW of IT power and robust connectivity. RadiusDC plans to expand the power capacity from 3.2MW to 9.2MW by 2026, further strengthening its foothold in the Miami market and beyond.
MechanicWeb has launched AMD Ryzen 9950X-powered hosting services in Dallas, featuring DDR5 ECC RAM and PCIE 5.0 NVMe SSDs. The company claims up to 20X performance gains and 3X faster page loads without any changes to the website. The Ryzen 9950X CPU offers top single-thread performance, with superior PHP and MySQL performance and enhanced security features.
Firefighters responded to a fire at a former R.R. Donnelley plant in Chicago’s South Loop, now a major data center. The blaze, reported on a carpet or roof, was quickly extinguished. The historic 1912 building now houses the Midwest’s largest multi-tenant Equinix data center. No downtime has been reported.
