Here's a look at additional details about Microsoft's infrastructure in two presentations that provide a deeper dive into the company's strategy for optimizing its servers and data centers.
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As it seeks to slash power usage across its global cloud computing platform, Microsoft has been refining its in-house designs for energy-efficient data center hardware. The company is now sharing the details of those designs, which feature custom...
How big is the market for data center construction? How much is it going to grow? Industry veteran Christian Belady of Microsoft has done an analysis, and projects that annual global spending on data center construction will increase from about ...
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.
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).
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.
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.