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By: The Green Data Center Strategies of Web Giants

The Green Data Center Strategies of Web Giants — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:02:21 +0000

[...] is adding data center capacity at a brisk pace as it ramps up its Web- and cloud-based services. In Northlake, Ill. near Chicago, [...]

By: Microsoft Reveals Fourth-Gen Datacenter Design

Microsoft Reveals Fourth-Gen Datacenter Design — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:33:04 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:50:47 +0000

The term “cargo cult” comes to mind when I hear about all of these datacenters. The typical MS thinking seems to go that if we build them, the customers will come.

By: Inside Enterprise IT - Inside Enterprise IT - DELL COMMUNITY

Inside Enterprise IT - Inside Enterprise IT - DELL COMMUNITY — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:35:59 +0000

[...] TCO-advantaged infrastructure is a competitive differentiator for cloud [...]

By: Yeah You Know Me « Other People’s Property

Yeah You Know Me « Other People’s Property — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:07:25 +0000

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By: Trailer Park 2.0: Where All Your Data Lives - GigaOM

Trailer Park 2.0: Where All Your Data Lives - GigaOM — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:25:37 +0000

[...] every person on the Jerry Springer Show, servers do not operate well in mobile homes. However, as Microsoft, HP, Verari and others have shown, high density blade servers can be packed with hundreds of [...]

By: Why Microsoft Fails to Win Online - GigaOM

Why Microsoft Fails to Win Online - GigaOM — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:47:32 +0000

[...] against Google. Yet Microsoft hasn’t done a great job with that either. Even as it has spent money on data centers and marketing gimmicks like giving cash back to users of its search engine — the online [...]

By: Russia, The Final Frontier For Data Centers? - GigaOM

Russia, The Final Frontier For Data Centers? - GigaOM — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:47:57 +0000

[...] located their facilities closer to energy sources. For instance, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have built data centers in Quincy in the state of Washington near a hydroelectric dam where they pay a lot less for power [...]

By: bill

bill — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:08:28 +0000

Crap !
Its like adding salt to their wounds. Why does a failed web initiative lead to this, i am not sure. But interestingly its like a new business, maybe. We will give you computing power, pay us for maintaining that .. how long will that work !
Soon computing will get cheaper and cheaper, why would someone pay to manage their data, a big company will have their own data centers !
And for gods sake dont increase the carbon footprint, i know you have money, but this is nothing more than show of strength !

By: Microsoft’s plans for Internet infrastructure « kfsone’s pittance

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:19:05 +0000

[...] plans for Internet infrastructure Posted on July 11, 2008 by kfsone Interesting interview with the CVP of Microsoft’s Global Foundation Services on how MS are growing their [...]