Yahoo! and SynapSense have partnered to optimize cooling in Yahoo's Quincy data center. The project is expected to save Yahoo 4.6 million kilowatt hours of energy annually
Yahoo has notified its landlord in Ashburn, DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT), that it plans to sublease 24 megawatts of data center space. Will this move disrupt the market for "wholesale" third-party space in northern Virginia?
In a move to reassure customers about the privacy and security of their data, Yahoo today said it will encrypt all data moving between its data centers.
Citing confidential documents leaked by former sysadmin Edward Snowden, The Washington Post is reporting that the National Security Agency (NSA) is tapping fiber lines connecting global overseas data centers operated by Google and Yahoo.
Yahoo will invest $170 million in an expansion of its data center campus in Lockport, New York, the company confirmed today. The expansion will include more of the company's distinctive Yahoo Computing Coops, plus a new 24-hour customer care call...
Yahoo received approval from the town of Lockport for its data center expansion plans. The second Lockport project will be adjacent to its current complex, and will consist of 242,000 square feet, with a first phase of 165,000 square feet.
Yahoo has been ina state of transition, but the company appears to be ready to expand its vision for a large campus of wind-cooled "computing coops" in upstate New York.
Spending is rampant this spring, as technology companies are opening up their checkbooks to make acquisitions and finance innovation. Salesforce.com acquires ExactTarget, Intel invests to spur innovation in human-like sensing technology, and Yahoo...