Amazon looking to convert Italy power stations into data centers

By Giulia Segreti and Stephen Jewkes MILAN (Reuters) - Amazon is in talks with utility Enel over the conversion of old power stations in north and central Italy into data centers as it seeks to expand its lucrative cloud services business in the country. Amazon is market leader in the global cloud infrastructure services sector. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud services unit, recently announced it would open data centers in the Paris region, after investing in Ireland, Germany and the United