Top 10 Data Center Stories: February 2012

An example of an array of 4.5 meter satellite dishes. Google is seeking permission to deploy an array of 4.5 meter satellite dishes near its data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Source: SETI Institute)

News from the data center industry in February included innovative projects and alternative energy plans such as Google seeking approvals for satellite antennas in Iowa and Apple planning solar arrays. The news included announcements of a new data center projects for Apple in Oregon, and Nebraska seeking to land a $1 billion project in its state. There was also interest in stories on defense contractor Harris exiting the cloud business, Windows Azure getting hit with downtime and the total cost of Facebook’s infrastructure amounting to $1 billion. Here’s a look at the 10 most popular stories on Data Center Knowledge during February 2012, ranked by total page views:

• Google Seeks To Plant Antenna Farm in Iowa – February 20
• Harris Exits Cloud Hosting, Will Sell Data Center – February 28
• Apple Plans 20MW of Solar Power for iDataCenter – February 20
• Windows Azure Cloud Hit By Downtime – February 29
• The State of the Modular Data Center – February 6
• The Accidental Healthcare Cloud – February 15
• Facebook’s $1 Billion Data Center Network – February 2
• Nebraska Woos Huge ‘Project Edge’ Data Center – February 6
• Apple Confirms Plans for Oregon Data Center – February 21
• The New Data Center Geography – February 28

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About Colleen Miller

Colleen Miller is a journalist and social media specialist. She has more than 25 years of writing and editing experience, with her most recent work dedicated to the online space. Colleen covers the data center industry, including topics such as modular, cloud and storage/big data.