69 posts and columns on data center

Google to Invest $120 Million in Singapore Data Center

in News on December 15, 2011 at 10:05 am PT

Google Inc. will invest $120 million in a data center in Singapore, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, executives of the Internet search giant announced Thursday, in a move to significantly expand operations in Asia.

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Google’s Newest Approach to China? More Data Centers.

in News on December 8, 2011 at 1:18 pm PT

Google’s new approach to China has done little to reduce the company’s need for infrastructure there. The company said Thursday that it will spend $300 million to build a data center in Hong Kong, its first company-built data center in the Asia-Pacific. The facility is to be built in Kowloon, where Google bought 2.7 hectares of land this past September. Google expects to bring it online by early 2013, political challenges in the region be damned.

HP Wants to Optimize Your Information, Whatever That Means

in News on November 29, 2011 at 12:01 am PT

One big question that’s been dogging HP in recent months is its plans for Autonomy, the British software firm it paid $11.7 billion for earlier this year. Expect some answers today.
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Apple’s Secret Solar Farm [Updated]

in News on October 26, 2011 at 8:10 am PT

When Apple next breaks ground in Maiden, N.C., it won’t be to build a second data center alongside its vast Catawba County facility. Instead, it will be to construct a massive solar farm to power it.
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Apple Poaches Yahoo Data Center Guru

in News on October 24, 2011 at 7:45 am PT

As first reported by GigaOM, Scott Noteboom, who has served as Yahoo’s head of Global Data Center Infrastructure since joining the company in 2005, has found a new gig. At Apple. According to his LinkedIn profile, Noteboom train-hopped to Cupertino earlier this month. His duties there aren’t entirely clear, though given his background he’ll likely be helping oversee the data centers at the back end of Apple’s iTunes Match and iCloud service offerings.

Google Adds to Cloud Coverage in Asia

in News on September 28, 2011 at 10:00 am PT

Google announces plans to build new data centers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan.
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For Data Center, Google Goes for the Cold

in Enterprise on September 12, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Google Inc.’s opening of a €200 million ($273 million) server hall in Hamina, Finland, over the weekend is boosting Scandinavian hopes that other big Internet companies will choose to build data centers in the region, attracted by its cold climate and low electricity prices.

Flash Madness Part 3: Pure Storage Comes Out of Stealth

in News on August 23, 2011 at 5:35 am PT

The summer that flash memory began to transform the data center continues as Pure Storage unleashes an all-flash storage array.
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There’s Nowhere to Go but Up at Cisco, Sterne Agee Says

in Enterprise on June 20, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

With the bad news “priced in,” a planned restructuring coming before the end of the summer and its stock price near its lowest level in five years, now may be as good a time as any to buy shares in Cisco Systems, says Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu.
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A Glimpse Inside One of Google's Data Fortresses (Video)

in Enterprise on April 22, 2011 at 4:04 pm PT

Apparently in honor of Earth Day, Google has published a video giving a glimpse inside its data center in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.

Facebook's New Data Center: Smarter, Greener and Doggone It, People Like It

in Social, April 7, 2011 at 10:18 am PT

Coverage Alert: Reporting Live From Facebook Infrastructure Event

in Social, April 7, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Now That's Big Data: Apple Orders 12 Petabytes of Storage Gear From EMC

in Enterprise, April 6, 2011 at 11:42 am PT

A Virtual Tour of the Town of Dirt, from the Animated Film "Rango"

in Enterprise, March 28, 2011 at 3:30 pm PT

Lucasfilm's Data Center, and an Encounter With the Real Death Star (Video)

in Enterprise, March 25, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

Apple's Area 51: The Truth Is Out There

in Mobile, March 23, 2011 at 4:50 am PT

Twitter Brags of Successful Data Center Migration

in Social, March 21, 2011 at 3:30 pm PT

Peter Levine, Veritas Veteran and Data Center Guru, Joins Andreessen-Horowitz

in Enterprise, March 21, 2011 at 12:32 pm PT

Seven Questions for Salesforce.com's Parker Harris

in Enterprise, March 18, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Rackspace Turns Anso Labs Into a Cloud Services Business Unit

in Enterprise, March 8, 2011 at 4:15 pm PT

IBM Builds $38 Million Data Center in Singapore

in Enterprise, March 7, 2011 at 11:35 am PT

Apple's N.C. Data Center Intended for iTunes, MobileMe

in News, February 23, 2011 at 1:05 pm PT

Seven Questions for Ric Telford, IBM’s VP of Cloud Services

in Enterprise, January 24, 2011 at 8:45 am PT

Facebook Data Center Is Boon for Oregon Town

in News, January 21, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Happy 10th Birthday, Wikipedia! What's Next? (Video)

in Social, January 14, 2011 at 10:04 am PT