Microsoft announces data center plans in Ireland
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39290603,00.htm
Microsoft said on Tuesday that it will spend $500m (£239m) on building a new European data-processing centre in Ireland.
Microsoft said in a statement that the planned Dublin centre will house tens of thousands of servers providing information and web-based applications to internet users.
Construction will begin later this month, with the centre expected to be completed by 2009.
“This is the first ‘mega data centre’ deployment outside the US specifically targeted for the growth and performance of Windows Live services,” said John Mangelaars, vice president of Microsoft’s EMEA Online Services Group.
Very cool and good news for Ireland, it should bring some opportunities for the community and local economy. This is the second data center Microsoft has announced it’s launching (the other one is meant to be in Siberia). I wonder if we’re seeing Microsoft prepare more capacity for their current as well as future products and services. We’ll have to wait and see.
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