Starting today, you can create Amazon RDS database instances for MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, and PostgreSQL database engines with up to 16TB of storage. Existing database instances can also be scaled up to 16TB storage without any downtime.
Amazon CloudFront adds six Edge Locations and expands into four new cities
Today, Amazon CloudFront announces the addition of six new Edge Locations to its global content delivery network. The new Edge Locations are located in: Helsinki, Finland; Madrid, Spain; Manchester, England; Denver, Colorado; Newark, New Jersey; and Phoenix, Arizona.
Amazon EC2 now offers SQL Server 2017 with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
SQL Server 2017 is now available for Amazon EC2 instances running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.4 as an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from the AWS Marketplace . With this release, you can now launch RHEL instances on-demand using SQL Server 2017 Enterprise License Included AMIs without having to bring your own license. SQL Server 2017 on RHEL 7.4 AMI is available in all public AWS regions starting today.
Sync Files to Amazon Elastic File System Quickly, Easily and Securely with EFS File Sync
You can now use EFS File Sync to efficiently and securely sync files from on-premises or in-cloud file systems to Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) at speeds of up to 5x faster than standard Linux copy tools. Amazon EFS provides simple, scalable file storage for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud.
GMVP opened the SWRO-PRO pilot plant of recovering the salinity gradient energy
GMVP recently opened the SWRO-PRO pilot plant at Nambu wastewater treatment plant located in Korean port city of Busan. The pilot is used to demonstrate the technical feasibility of PRO (pressure retarded osmosis) to recover the salinity gradient energy.
SUEZ/Solvay to deliver AOP solution for brine treatment in China chemical plant
SUEZ and Solvay have won a brine treatment contract in the Wanhua Chemical Industry Park in Yantai (Shandong Province)…
Acciona and GS Inima submit EoIs for desalination project in Fortaleza, Brazil
Cagece, the water utility of Ceara state, northeast Brazil, has received two expressions of interest for a 86,400 m3/d capacity seawater desalination plant to serve the metro region of state capital city Fortaleza.
Samsung files for arbitration against SWCC over Yanbu 3 cancellation
Samsung Engineering has asked the World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to begin arbitration proceedings against Saudi Arabia over the cancellation of its contract on Yanbu 3 water and power project.
FCC Aqualia buys back shares in Czech business
FCC Aqualia is buying back a 49 per cent stake in its water business in the Czech Republic that it sold to Mitsui in 2013.
Ocean conservationists challenge Huntington Beach decision in court
A coalition of environmental groups in California has filed a lawsuit challenging the State Lands Commission on its decision to approve amendments to Poseidon’s environmental impact study for the Huntington Beach desalination project.