Google has leased another 57,000 square feet of space at 111 Eighth Avenue, one of the most wired carrier hotel properties in New York. That's in addition to the 270,000 square feet the company leased in 2005.
Most hosting companies have been reluctant to physically locate data centers on the Chinese mainland due to concerns about the government's policies, opting instead to place their data centers in the region in Hong Kong or Singapore.
Google (GOOG) has formed a new subsidiary to buy and sell power on the wholesale market, and hopes the move will help provide more renewable energy. A key beneficiary of the move could be the company's vast, power-hungry data center network.
Can former furniture workers find jobs at Google? Many residents of Lenoir, North Carolina have gone back to school at the local community college to learn IT skills in hopes of being hired by Google.
Can former furniture workers find jobs at Google? Many residents of Lenoir, North Carolina have gone back to school at the local community college to learn IT skills in hopes of being hired by Google.
Google is working on developing a quantum computer, a technology that could dramatically enhance the power of its search capabilities. The company revealed last week that it is collaborating with Canadian company D-Wave, which is working to build...
Why is Google investing in a second undersea telecommunications cable project in Asia? "The Asian population will the dominant user population of the Internet," says Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton Cerf.
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Will the data center of the future have no central UPS units, and be filled with servers with on-board batteries? The data center team at Facebook believes it should.
A recent presentation by a Google engineer demonstrates that the company is preparing to manage as many as 10 million servers in the future.