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Africa Data Centres to power facilities in SA with solar energy

DPA SA will supply 12MW of renewable solar energy to ADC facilities, partly from the solar farm it is developing near Bloemfontein.
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New demands for data centres in Africa, Teraco, ADC respond

Companies are being urged to take a ‘holistic view’ of the energy consumed by data centres, and ‘how to get a grip on it’.
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28 Feb

Jumia cornered in COMESA region over platform terms

After a 16 months probe, anti-trust authorities concluded Jumia’s current terms and conditions “appeared to amount to false and misleading representation."
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Sep 21, 2022

Amazon Announces 71 New Renewable Energy Projects Globally, Including Firsts in Brazil, India, and Poland

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that it is expanding its renewable energy portfolio globally, with an additional 2.7 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy capacity across 71 new renewable energy projects.
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Dec 1, 2021

Amazon Investing in 274 Renewable Energy Projects Globally, Adds 18 New Projects in Europe and U.S.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced 18 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects across the U.S., Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., totaling 5.6 gigawatts (GW) of procured capacity to date in 2021.
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Sep 2, 2021

Amazon Announces Investment in Nature-Based Carbon Removal Solutions in Brazil with The Nature Conservancy

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, nature-based solutions have a critical role to play in avoiding the worst effects of climate change.
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Jun 23, 2021

Amazon Becomes Largest Corporate Buyer of Renewable Energy in the U.S.

Amazon today announced 14 new renewable energy projects in the U.S., Canada, Finland, and Spain to advance its ambitious goal to power 100% of company activities with renewable energy by 2025—five years ahead of the original target of 2030.
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Jun 10, 2021

Amazon and National Safety Council Create First-of-its-Kind Partnership to Solve the Most Common Workplace Injury in the U.S.

Today Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and National Safety Council (NSC) announced a five-year partnership to invent new ways to prevent the largest category of workplace injuries in the U.S., musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Amazon and NSC have been working together for months on this first-of-its-kind collaboration.
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Aug 11, 2020

Amazon Project Zero Launches in Seven New Countries

Amazon Project Zero now empowers brands and Amazon to drive counterfeit to zero in 17 stores worldwide
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May 8, 2020

Amazon Original Series Regular Heroes to Premiere May 8 Highlighting Courageous Stories From the Front-Lines of COVID-19

Eight-Episode Docuseries to Feature Special Guest Appearance by Alicia Keys in the Premiere Episode
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Aug 28, 2019

Cloud reimagined

The arrival of multinational data centres has seen local organisations increasingly looking at ways of embracing cloud services and adapting their strategies to facilitate an easier transition into this environment.
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Mar 28, 2019

Enhance cyber resilience to deal with cloud email service adoption

The volume of users on cloud-based email services like Office365 means there is more malware created for these environments says Mikey Molfessis, cybersecurity expert at Mimecast South Africa.