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Google Buys Wind Power to Green Oklahoma Grid
April 21st, 2011 : Rich Miller
Google has agreed to buy electricity from a wind generation facility in Oklahoma, boosting the use of renewable power on the electric grid that will power its new data center in Mayes County, Oklahoma, the company said today. Read More
Google Invests $890 Million in Data Centers
April 15th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Google invested $890 million in its data center infrastructure in the first three months of 2011, the second-highest total in its history, the company said Thursday in its latest quarterly report. Read More
OpenFlow: The Future of Google’s Network?
March 22nd, 2011 : Rich Miller
The OpenFlow networking standard is feeling the embrace of the world's largest network operators. And perhaps none moreso than Google, which sees great potential for the open networking standard to solve sticky problems in its sophisticated data center infrastructure. Read More
Google Turns to Tape to Rescue Lost Gmail
March 1st, 2011 : Rich Miller
When a bug wiped out multiple storied copies of Gmail boxes during a software update, Google turned to its backup tapes to restore the data. The incident affected 0.02 percent of Gmail users, the company said. Read More
Google Spending Soars on Real Estate Deal
January 21st, 2011 : Rich Miller
Google's capital spending soared to $2.5 billion in the fourth quarter, more than three times more than the company has spent in any previous quarter. The increase was caused by Google's purchase of 111 8th Avenue, its New York headquarters building. Read More
Google: We Bought 111 8th Ave. for Office Space
January 20th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Google executives say they purchased 111 8th Avenue in New York because they needed more office space, not for its value as one of Manhattan's leading Internet hubs. Read More
Google Confirms Purchase of 111 8th Avenue
December 22nd, 2010 : Rich Miller
Google today confirmed the reports that it has purchased 111 8th Avenue, one of Manhattan's largest buildings and a key hub for Internet traffic. Read More
Video: Google’s Finland Data Center Project
December 7th, 2010 : Rich Miller
A video provides a look inside Google's data center project in Finland, which is converting a former paper mill into a state-of-the-art data center that will be cooled using water from the Baltic Sea. Read More
WSJ: Google is Buying 111 8th Avenue
December 3rd, 2010 : Rich Miller
Google has signed a contract to buy 111 8th Avenue, one of the most important telecom and Internet connectivity hubs in Manhattan, the Wall Street Journal reports. Read More