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At Microsoft, Smarter Software Equals Fewer Generators
February 11th, 2013 : Rich Miller
Sometimes a relatively small amount of software code can make a huge difference in how much you spend on hardware. That's the case at Microsoft, which has been able to reduce the number of diesel backup generators at its data centers by using software to move workloads from one location to another. Read More
Massive New Data Center Will Bring Windows Azure to China
February 6th, 2013 : John Rath
Chinese ISP 21Vianet has started construction of a new data center in Beijing that will house 5,000 cabinets. The facility will power Microsoft's premier commercial cloud services in China, including Windows Azure. Read More
Microsoft’s Evolving Data Center Design
February 4th, 2013 : Rich Miller
Recent changes in web-scale data center design can be seen in the evolution of the Internet infrastructure at Microsoft, which has been the leading proponent of deploying servers on pre-fabricated modules rather than traditional data halls. We've put together a photo feature providing a visual guide to Microsoft's design evolution. Read More
Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center
January 31st, 2013 : Rich Miller
Microsoft has provided a first public glimpse of its new data center design,which features pre-fabricated modules housing thousands of servers, including some that sit outdoors. Read More
Microsoft To Build Two More Data Centers in Virginia
January 30th, 2013 : Rich Miller
Microsoft Corp. will invest an additional $348 million to expand its modular data center site in southern Virginia, the company said today. The company will build two additional facilities on its data center campus to increase capacity to serve its growing customer base. Read More
Does the Supply Chain Figure Into Microsoft-Dell Chatter?
January 24th, 2013 : Rich Miller
Amid reports that Microsoft may participate with private equity firms in a leveraged buyout of Dell, it's worth noting that Dell has historically played a meaningful role in the supply chain for Microsoft's cloud computing infrastructure, supplying many of the servers that fill the company's global network of data centers. Read More
Microsoft Has Global Ambitions for Off-Grid Data Plants
November 19th, 2012 : Rich Miller
When you see a pig farm, landfill or water treatment plant, can you envision a data center on that site? Microsoft can, and has major ambitions to tap sources of biogas to create a network of "off the grid" server farms to power its global cloud. Read More
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Gets Cloudy with Office 365
November 13th, 2012 : Jason Verge
The federal government's "Cloud First" mandate is progressing with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) among other federal agencies moving to the cloud. Read More
Microsoft’s Methane-Powered Module: A First Step Towards Data Plants
November 12th, 2012 : Rich Miller
A methane-powered modular data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming will kick off Microsoft's ambitious plan to place data centers alongside sources of renewable energy, creating “data plants” than operate with no connection to the utility power grid. Read More