The new Yahoo (YHOO) new data center in Lockport, New York will feature a new design that the company has dubbed the Yahoo Computing Coop, which is optimized for free cooling.

The new Yahoo (YHOO) new data center in Lockport, New York will feature a new design that the company has dubbed the Yahoo Computing Coop, which is optimized for free cooling.

Yahoo and state officials today confirmed the worst-kept secret in Western New York: that Yahoo will build a $150 million data center on a 30-acre property in Lockport, New York.

Yahoo and state officials today confirmed the worst-kept secret in Western New York: that Yahoo will build a $150 million data center on a 30-acre property in Lockport, New York.

The Flickr team gave one of the talks that generated the most buzz at this week's Velocity 2009. Here's the video from that session.

The Yahoo (YHOO) data center team has a compelling operations story to tell, with patented innovations in cooling design and energy efficiency ratings approaching the best that Google has achieved.

In a sign of the growing importance of free cooling in data center site location, representatives of Yahoo cited the cool weather in Western New York as a factor in the company's interest in building a $150 million data center project in Lockport...

Yahoo (YHOO) has filed plans for a $150 million data center in Lockport, New York and hopes to begin work in August building a 190,000 square foot server farm.

New York State officials say a power agreement has clinched a $150 million Yahoo data center for the Buffalo area. Other Yahoo is talking with other states, and industry sources say it's not a done deal.

Yahoo (YHOO) is considering several sites in Western New York for a major data center, according to New York state officials, who are seeking to leverage the area's plentiful supply of hydro power to attract the huge Internet company.