Amazon's Cloud Data Center To Follow Google To Oregon

Posted by timothy on Saturday November 8, 2008 @12:26PM from the pretty-state dept.

1sockchuck writes "All your online data doesn't really live in a big, fluffy cloud. It resides in servers and data centers. That's why Amazon.com is quietly building a large data center complex in Oregon along the Columbia River, not far from Google's secret data lair in The Dalles. Amazon Web Services started as a way to monetize excess data center capacity for its retail operation, but has grown to the point where it requires dedicated infrastructure. Amazon recently said that its S3 cloud storage service is hosting 29 billion objects."

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Re:I feel a slight sense of jealousy by Snowblindeye · 2008-11-08 12:47 · Score: 4, Informative

.On an Ecological level I hope electricity in Oregon is mainly nuclear, wind or Hydro....
Yes, Hydro. Thats the main reason these companies are moving their data centers to Oregon: The availability of cheap and plentiful hydro power.
Lots of dark fiber that is well connected, as well as tax breaks, also help.