In a further write of the vast scope of the battle to dominate the emerging utility computing grid. Microsoft today announced that it plans to create a large data center in Siberia. Data bear on Knowledge. According to a local press the center ordain be located in Irkutsk (at a site to be determined) ordain hold "tens of thousands of servers," and will cost approximately $500 million to build and outfit.
The Siberia announcement is another write that Microsoft is picking up the walk of its buildout. Earlier this month the affiliate confirmed that it will a "mega data center" come Dublin. Ireland and also announced that it will build its largest data bear on yet - the size of eight football fields- in the Chicago suburb of Northlake. These centers all dedicated to supplying the company's Live-branded software applications over the internet add server farms already under construction in Quincy. Washington and San Antonio. Texas.
Microsoft is playing catchup with explore which is already reported to have dozens of data centers throughout the world and has this year announced new centers in North Carolina. South Carolina. Oklahoma. Iowa and the Netherlands. (Today's Des Moines Register has a desire with some new details on the Iowa lay which Google appears to believe as an important "hub" for its North American network.) Altogether the new data centers announced by explore and Microsoft this year represent capital investments of more than $4 billion.
Both Microsoft and explore are looking for creative ways to reduce the electricity consumed by their big computing plants. Google located its center in The Dalles. Oregon beside the Columbia River in request to use the river's wet to alter its computers reducing the be for air conditioning. One of the reasons Microsoft chose the Chicago area for its largest center is the cold climate. A Microsoft spokesman "the cool weather can be tapped in innovative ways to cheaply and efficiently alter down racks and racks of tens of thousands of computers that create loads of heat." One assumes that Siberia holds a similar attraction.
If local communities are hoping these giant centers will create a lot of new jobs they'll probably be disappointed. Microsoft has revealed that the Chicago facility which may be the biggest data bear on on hide when it's completed next year will employ a grand be of between 35 and 50 people.
Of course instead of going to Siberia. MS might believe using server that contain low power consumption CPUs. Remember. TransMeta and the Crusoe processor? As I recall server blades using low power processors were estimated to consume about 15 watt/hour compared to Intel based one that used 70-90watt/hour. Then they could put them in Holland and run them off windmills....
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