Exploring crypto power consumption and sustainable data centres

Crypto has become a phenomenon that marks a new era in online finance; however, it has also introduced greater concerns regarding the environmental footprint of the industry. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies utilise intricate networks of computers to authenticate transactions, which is an incredibly energy-intensive process. The advent of blockchain technology worldwide has generated considerable demand…

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Handle unpredictable processing times with operational consistency when integrating asynchronous AWS services with an AWS Step Functions state machine

Integrating asynchronous AWS services with an AWS Step Functions state machine, presents a challenge when building serverless applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Services such as Amazon Translate, Amazon Macie, and Amazon Bedrock Data Automation (BDA) excel at handling long-running operations that can take more than 10 minutes to complete because of their asynchronous nature….

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Building serverless applications with Rust on AWS Lambda

Today, AWS Lambda is promoting Rust support from Experimental to Generally Available. This means you can now use Rust to build business-critical serverless applications, backed by AWS Support and the Lambda availability SLA. Rust is a popular programming language due to its combination of high performance, memory safety, and developer experience. It offers speed and…

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AWS Lambda now supports Java 25

You can now develop AWS Lambda functions using Java 25 either as a managed runtime or using the container base image. Java 25 support for Lambda is based on the Amazon Corretto distribution of OpenJDK and is now generally available. Java 25 comes with new language features for developers, including primitive types in patterns, module import…

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The attendee’s guide to the AWS re:Invent 2025 Compute track

From December 1st to December 5th, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will hold its annual premier learning event: re:Invent. At this event, attendees can become stronger and more proficient in any area of AWS technology through a variety of experiences: large keynotes given by AWS leaders, smaller innovation talks, interactive working sessions given by AWS experts,…

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Google’s €5.5B Germany investment reshapes enterprise cloud and AI

Google’s €5.5 billion plan to expand its presence in Germany is about more than new buildings and servers. Running from 2026 to 2029, the investment shows how global cloud and AI providers are starting to link technology growth with sustainability, workforce skills, and energy efficiency — priorities now central to how European enterprises plan and…

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Managing AI-era cloud storage costs with Datadog

The growing use of AI is driving up cloud storage costs as enterprises struggle to track what data they’re storing, why it’s kept, and how to manage it efficiently. To help address this, Datadog has launched Storage Management, now generally available for Amazon S3 and in preview for Google Cloud Storage and Azure Blob Storage….

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AWS rolls out new tool to simplify regional cloud planning

Planning where to deploy workloads in the cloud can be tricky, especially for large companies that rely on consistent infrastructure across multiple regions. AWS is looking to take the guesswork out of that process with a new tool called Capabilities by Region. The tool gives users a clear view of which AWS services, tools, and…

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AWS Lambda networking over IPv6

IPv4 address exhaustion is a challenge in modern networking, as most IPv4 addresses have been depleted with the growth of the internet. Previously, AWS Lambda only supported inbound and outbound connectivity over IPv4, but it has since introduced support for dual-stack endpoints, so that you can transition from IPv4 to IPv6. AWS continues to add…

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