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Former AWS real estate managers, accused of taking millions in kickbacks, challenge Amazon’s motives amid FBI investigation

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services had embarked on a data center building boom to handle soaring demand as attendees gathered for its 2019 re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. Eleven data center deals are now the subject of a suit by Amazon vs. two former AWS real estate managers and others. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop).

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JLL reinvents itself for the AI era

CIO Business Intelligence

City skyscrapers and office parks may remain scarcely occupied in the post-pandemic work era, but commercial real estate player JLL’s business is not slowing down, thanks to the company’s embrace of technology and high-growth opportunities to adapt and prosper. Commercial real estate covers many different things,” Morin says. “We

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IT Vortex: The Effort to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions is Far More Than a Business Goal

CIO Business Intelligence

Offering a diverse array of cloud solutions, IT Vortex’s customers include enterprises in industries from manufacturing and mining to fashion and real estate. All steps are being taken at IT Vortex’s data centers in Arizona, California, Colorado, and New Jersey.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: BISNOW Data Center Event.

Cloud Musings

Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. BISNOW Data Center Event Highlights Cloud. Reposted from " Habitat for Data-manity ". Check out DC Real Estate pub for even more coverage. Cloud Musings on Forbes.

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GI Partners Buys LA Telecom Hub One Wilshire » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

The new owner, a long-time player in data center real estate, acquired the building from Hines Property Trust. The 30-story building in downtown Los Angeles has more than 300 tenants, including dozens of data center firms and telecom carriers. ” The Data Center Premium. .

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Going Dutch: Digital Realty Partners With KPN in Netherlands.

Data Center Knowledge

Just a day after announcing a new project in Amsterdam , the data center developer said it will partner Dutch telecom provider KPN to build a data center in Groningen. ” In data center circles, Groningen is known as the location for an early European data center for Google. .”