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Microsoft's Sky Is Filled with Clouds

Plans to 'reinvent the infrastructure' of the industry
By Maureen O'Gara
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November 26, 2008 06:15 AM EST
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Microsoft plans to build about 20 "super-size" cloud data centers, each with a price tag of around a billion dollars apiece, according to BusinessWeek.

The magazine got it from an unnamed source. All Microsoft's VP of global foundation services Debra Chrapaty would tell was "We're going to reinvent the infrastructure of our industry."

Yeah, imagine Google hosting Office.

The latest data center Microsoft is building reportedly has room for 224 containers or 560,000 servers.

Published November 26, 2008 – Reads 1,079
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About Maureen O'Gara

Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025.

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