Microsoft has bought 75 acres in Quincy, Wash. and plans to
build a new data center [1] at the site, according to local media reports. The software giant bought the land from the Part of Quincy, and has plans for two buildings, according to the Tri-County Herald. Microsoft becomes the second major technology company to express interest in locating a data center in Grant County in central Washington state. The land it has purchased is not far from Moses Lake, where
Yahoo may build a new data center [2]. As was the case with Yahoo, existing infrastructure appears to have been a factor in Microsoft’s choice. “They were very keen on Quincy because of the electrical power and fiber options,” said Pat Boss, spokesman for the
Port of Quincy [3], the industrial park where the site is located. “It was a major driver in their decision.”
Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.
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[1] build a new data center: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7354988p-7267197c.html
[2] Yahoo may build a new data center: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2005/Nov/29/yahoo_eyes_washington_state_for_data_center.html
[3] Port of Quincy: http://www.portofquincy.org/
[4] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/
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