Sunday, January 21, 2007

FT.com / Companies / IT - Google and Microsoft plan data centres

More from the data center wars -- that's >$1B for two of what will eventually be many such data centers.

The internet arms race between Google and Microsoft took a new twist on Friday as the companies announced plans to spend more than $1bn between them on new data centres to handle future rapid growth in online traffic.

Google said it would spend $600m to build a new site to house a server farm in Lenoir, a small town in North Carolina, while Microsoft unveiled plans for a $550m facility in San Antonio, Texas.

Source: FT.com / Companies / IT - Google and Microsoft plan data centres

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