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Cloud Underwater? Microsoft Tests Submarine Data Center

Continuing its long tradition of data center experimentation in the name of efficiency, Microsoft announced it has been testing an unusual new data center concept: placing servers underwater out in the ocean. Continue reading

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Hong Kong, China’s Data Center Gateway to the World

Hong Kong may be one of the world’s tiniest nations, but its importance on the internet’s global map is huge, and, if the Hong Kong government plays its cards right, that importance is only going to grow. Continue reading

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Equinix, AT&T, Verizon Join Facebook’s Open Source Data Center Project

As their networks become increasingly virtualized, telecommunications company offices will function and look more like data centers, and the companies are looking for the most effective and low-cost modern ways to build this new infrastructure. Continue reading

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Juniper Buys Data Center Interconnect Firm BTI

Juniper Networks, one of the world’s largest telecommunications and data center networking vendors, has acquired BTI Systems, a Canadian company that specializes in optical data center interconnect and metro interconnect technology. Continue reading

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Facebook Data Center Coming to Ireland

A village in Ireland will be the location of the second Facebook data center in Europe, the company officially confirmed on Sunday. Continue reading

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