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Microsoft Buys Land for Colorado Project
February 2nd, 2011 : Rich Miller
Microsoft has bought land in Longmont, Colorado and plans to use the property for a research lab, not a modular data center as reported in local media. Read More
Microsoft Eliminates Server Fans, Despite PUE Hit
January 31st, 2011 : Rich Miller
Microsoft has removed fans from servers inside its data center container modules, resulting in energy savings even though it has an adverse affect on Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). Read More
Microsoft’s Belady Gets Back to Building
January 27th, 2011 : Rich Miller
After nearly a year at Microsoft Research, Christian Belady has returned to Global Foundation Services, the unit of Microsoft that builds the company's data centers. Read More
Microsoft Starts Building Iowa Data Center
January 10th, 2011 : John Rath
Microsoft is ready to move ahead with its delayed $200 million data center project in West Des Moines, Iowa. The project was first announced back in the summer of 2008 but halted when Microsoft trimmed capital spending. Read More
The Evolution of Microsoft’s Data Centers
January 6th, 2011 : Rich Miller
A series of new videos from the Microsoft Global Foundation Services team provides an overview of how the company's data center designs have evolved over three projects in two years. Read More
First Look: Microsoft’s Quincy Cloud Farm
January 4th, 2011 : Rich Miller
We've put together a photo feature offering a closer look at the modular data center technology being deployed in Microsoft's brand new facility in Quincy, Washington. Check it out! Read More
Microsoft’s High-Tech Modular ‘Tractor Shed’
January 4th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Microsoft has completed construction on its new data center in Quincy, Washington, which features a plug-n-play modular infrastructure that provides extraordinary flexibility in deploying new cloud computing capacity. Read More
Roundup: Dell Deal Boosts Medical Cloud Archiving
December 27th, 2010 : John Rath
Dell will acquire InSiteOne for cloud medical archiving, SUNY moves to the Microsoft education cloud, Red Hat (RHT) reports third quarter results. Read More
Microsoft Picks Virginia for Major Data Center
August 27th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Microsoft has selected a site near Boydton, Virginia for a major new data center project, with plans to invest up to $499 million in the rural community in the southern part of the state. The company plans to build a cutting-edge data center that will serve as the East Coast hub for Microsoft's online services. Read More