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Microsoft Plans $1 Billion Server Farm In Iowa

Posted by timothy on from the plenty-of-ethanol-to-go-around dept.

1sockchuck (826398) writes "Microsoft will invest $1.1 billion to build a massive new server farm in Iowa, not far from an existing data center in West Des Moines. The 1.2 million square foot campus will be one of the biggest in the history of the data center industry. It further enhances Iowa's status as the data center capital of the Midwest, with Google and Facebook also operating huge server farms in the state."

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  1. Server farm in Iowa. Who knew! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    you can grow servers from seed. Does Monsanto know about this???

  2. Re:Server farm in Iowa. Who knew! by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Internet is for corn!

    --
    Ezekiel 23:20
  3. Re:But what about Detroit?!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they want to keep their servers from ending up in the local pawn shop...

  4. Alternative power? by swb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are they going to run it off any alternative power sources?

    I could see a pig shit methane plant, Iowa produces 1/4 of all pork in the US.

    1. Re:Alternative power? by geekmux · · Score: 4, Funny

      Are they going to run it off any alternative power sources?

      I could see a pig shit methane plant, Iowa produces 1/4 of all pork in the US.

      Microsoft converted a long time ago. Unfortunately, they suffered a methane meltdown sometime around 2012 that contaminated their production floor.

      I'm rather surprised you didn't catch a whiff of this while running Windows 8...