by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate, Corporate Buzz, Markets, Technology, World
Dublin : Microsoft has signed a 15-year wind energy agreement with GE in Ireland, becoming one of the first global technology firms to support a new wind project in the country.
Microsoft will purchase 100 per cent of the wind energy from its new, 37-megawatt Tullahennel wind farm in County Kerry, Ireland.
The agreement will help support the growing demand for Microsoft Cloud services from Ireland, the company said in a statement late on Monday.
As part of the deal, Microsoft also signed an agreement with Dublin-based energy trading company ElectroRoute that will provide energy trading services to Microsoft.
“Microsoft is proud to be deepening our long history of investment and partnership in Ireland with this agreement,” said Christian Belady, General Manager, Datacentre Strategy at Microsoft.
“Our commitment will help bring new, clean energy to the Irish grid, and contains innovative elements that have the potential to grow the capacity, reliability and capability of the grid,” he added.
The wind farm will integrate GE’s ‘Digital Wind Farm’ technology, which makes renewable energy outputs even more reliable.
“This partnership with Microsoft expands GE’s considerable presence and investment in Ireland, where we already employ over 1,500 people and in particular in the renewable energy sector,” said Andres Isaza, Chief Commercial Officer of GE Renewable Energy.
Once operational, the new wind project will bring Microsoft’s total global direct procurement in renewable energy projects to almost 600 megawatts.
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by admin | May 25, 2021 | Branding, Business, Corporate, Corporate Buzz, Large Enterprise, Marketing Basics, Markets, Technology
New Delhi : Touted as one of the largest non-government contracts, Dell Technologies on Friday announced that tech major GE will use Dell Inc. infrastructure and end-user computing solutions to support GE’s ongoing digital transformation efforts.
Under the multi-year deal, Dell Inc. becomes the primary IT infrastructure supplier for GE.
GE will now use Dell EMC servers, storage, backup and related professional services, aiming to enhance the reliability and efficiency of its IT infrastructure with automated and flash-optimised solutions.
“We are excited to deepen our relationship with GE to enable them to better serve customers and to continue our mutual exploration of what is possible for the industrial internet,” said Michael Dell, chairman and CEO, Dell Technologies.
The financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
GE will use Dell client solutions and peripherals to drive workforce transformation and improve end-user experience for its employees worldwide.
The company has previously worked with Dell Technologies companies like Virtustream, Pivotal and VMware, to support development of its ‘Predix’ industrial Internet of Things (IoT) platform.
“The investment we are making today will continue to push us forward and improve the end-user experience for our employees around the globe,” said Chris Drumgoole, Vice President and CTO, Digital Technology, GE, in a statement.
In addition, GE Digital is a Dell IoT Solutions Partner and the companies have worked together on a variety of Industrial IoT and OEM initiatives.
Dell and EMC have just completed one year of their merger. The company formed a unified Dell and Dell EMC salesforce and created $35 billion Dell Technologies channel and global channel programme, which added 10,000 new business customers to the Dell EMC portfolio.
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