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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2042801/microsoft-investing-over-670-million-in-iowa-data-center.html

...Microsoft is investing $678 million in the expansion of its data center in West Des Moines, Iowa, to bolster online offerings such as Xbox Live and Office 365.

The plan, dubbed Project Mountain, was awarded tax benefits and is expected to create 29 new jobs, the board of the Iowa Economic Development Authority said in a statement on Friday. The data center will be used to support Microsoft’s cloud services...


59 posted on 03/08/2014 12:30:12 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto

And I’ll bet you money that you won’t be able to get a steady wifi signal just 50 miles from the data center. Just because they run a high bandwidth route to that one data center doesn’t mean you have universal high-speed access...


64 posted on 03/08/2014 5:18:12 PM PST by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Hwaet! Lar bith maest hord, sothlice!)
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