Microsoft plans to build Russian datacenter
As if the Microsoft vs. Google battle didn’t already resemble a game of Risk, the software giant announced plans to move into Irkutsk. The software maker confirmed Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the regional Siberian government, but said that it is too soon to say whether Irkutsk will be the site of a planned data center in Russia. “Though Microsoft Russia is working on potential data center construction in Russia, we are still far from final site selection,” the software maker said in a statement. Microsoft has been on a building spree of late, recently announcing plans to move into Chicago, to go along with existing efforts in Quincy, Wash., San Antonio, Texas, and Dublin, Ireland.
Building all of these massive server farms is necessary, not only for the Windows Live effort, but also as Microsoft adds services components to other products, such as Office, SharePoint, and Exchange. “All of the Microsoft product groups are going to have to have some online component to them,” said Mike Manos, Microsoft’s senior director of data center services. “One of the outgrowths of that has been the data center program.” His role, he said, is making sure that the company’s server capacity is not the “binding gate” to the company’s expansion. The estimated budget for such a server farm is floating around $500 million.
Source: Cnet
FIRST!
nah sounds awesome
Martin: запрещено (no “1st” posts, 124.180.65.69, Melbourne, Australia)
Microsoft will never beat Google. Google holds the internet by the balls in terms of searching, advertisement, and free software. Microsoft should just stick to developing programs.
Boris like vodka.
You know I never ever hear anything to do with Russia here in Australia. The only time I have it referenced is in games like COD4 and Stalker…
I like the accent… It sounds cool…
@4 they are buying heaps of uranium from us!
Russian’s r so quiet though never hear about ‘em
they should bring back the old timer 007 games, when you shoot all those russians not aid them dooo’h.
LOL at 7 xD
This is direct action in order to be able to encroach on the russian P2P scene.. economy injection in exchange for certain “privileges”
It’s got nothing to do with the “Google Vs M$” battle.
YES, one for MS…. Google has many, but as always, is a big confidential secret.
Microsoft are going to be the next super company, that fights the global pollution, by building “Data Farms” using geothermal and/or hydro electrical energy in Iceland !
Yahoo and Google both confirmed, now it´s Microsoft´s turn !
Green Energy !
But are MS going to capture all the methane emitted by their farms to create green energy? I don’t think so.
The could collect as much methane as we need from their sales reps.
one should sign up to colocate a scene ftp server in that place
@14 lol
Reading such ret_rded comments is killing me.
@ 1 Nice Russian there Martin
M$ is destroying the earth with toxic chemicals….
“Microsoft - New to the guide - long timeline for toxic chemicals elimination (2011) and poor takeback policy and practice.”
2.7 out of 10
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/how-the-companies-line-up
Russia is run by the mafia. They will have an interest in this deal.
god damn First riia and now green peace the site is getting lower with every day
жжОте, черти нерусские lol
russian mafia not interested in data crime??????????
Jimm, прочитай что тут пишут lol у вас IQ явно ниже 100
И это они такое про Россию… насмешили. у нас мафии столько же сколько и в Штатах и в Европе. Или насмотрелись Голливудских фильмов?
they here write such about Russia… Have made laugh. At us a mafia as much how many both in States and in Europe. Or have seen enough the Hollywood films?)
translator: (Jimm, read that lol at you IQ obviously more low 100 And it