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For Data Center, Google Goes for the Cold

in Enterprise on September 12, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Google Inc.’s opening of a €200 million ($273 million) server hall in Hamina, Finland, over the weekend is boosting Scandinavian hopes that other big Internet companies will choose to build data centers in the region, attracted by its cold climate and low electricity prices.

European Head Toby Coppel Departs Yahoo

in News on November 27, 2008 at 8:01 am PT

Yahoo is losing yet another top executive–Toby Coppel, its EVP and managing director of Europe and Canada, is set to announce today that he is stepping down. The departure, which has been in the works for months, is not related to the recent news that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is also relinquishing his job as soon as the company completes its search for another CEO. His successor will be Rich Riley, who is currently SVP of Europe’s Advertiser & Publisher Group, which put him in charge of all revenues for the division.

The Entire Internal Yahoo Memo on European Head Toby Coppel's Departure

in News on November 27, 2008 at 8:00 am PT

Here’s the internal Yahoo memo from President Sue Decker about the stepping down of Yahoo European head, Toby Coppel, which BoomTown wrote about here. The departure, which has been in the works for months, is not related to the recent news that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is also relinquishing his job as soon as the company completes its search for another CEO. His successor will be Rich Riley, who is currently SVP of Europe’s Advertiser & Publisher Group. Here’s the memo.