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Report: Amazon Cloud Backed By 450,000 Servers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the single-breasted-cumulus-spotted-in-lorton dept.

1sockchuck writes "How many servers does it take to power Amazon's huge cloud computing operation? A researcher estimates that Amazon Web Services is using at least 454,400 servers in seven data center hubs around the globe. The analysis suggests up to 70 percent of those servers may be in Virginia."

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  1. I don't care how many servers they have by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I refuse to allow my corporate data or any date I deem important to me to sit in someone elses hands and pretend the world is safe.

    It's comming and when it comes it's going to be huge.