The Data Center Arms RaceEd Moltzen looks at Microsoft's rumored plans to open up to two dozen more data centers for 'cloud computing': "This is a company so intent on building out its online infrastructure that it is offering $44.6 billion to buy Yahoo. But building 20-plus, massive data centers is a special kind of 'wow.'" Who else could do this sort of thing? Google and Amazon, for two. Could the phone companies? How about a university with vast technical know-how and an equally significan endowment? Stanford and Harvard, I'm looking at you... UPDATE: Information Week's John Foley provides a visual tour of Google's upcoming Council Bluffs, Iowa, data center. Posted by Joe Caponi at 11:03 AM, March 3, 2008 This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business. |
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