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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. Yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    there's huge demand for NSA run hosting facilities worldwide.

  2. That's the Hollywood argument by dbIII · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That's the Hollywood argument. So how's the Californian government getting on after all that tax evasion?
    The reality is no trickle down but instead just hitting someone else for the funds and ultimately a different industry hobbled due to not being picked as a winner.