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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. Saves about $38 million in taxes by dbIII · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Makes sense, it saves about $38 million in taxes which you guys are going to have to cough up instead of Microsoft.

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

    Internet is for corn!

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    Ezekiel 23:20