The announcement is a key milestone for Microsoft, which has ambitions to double its data center footprint over the next two years. The new Atlanta site is part of the company’s larger “Fairwater” ...

Most data centers are hidden away inside faceless warehouses and sport massive rows of computers and giant air conditioning units to keep things cool. But apparently that’s not good enough for ...

(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. is warning investors about a new risk to its expansive data center plans: local backlash.

Microsoft is offering users the opportunity to take a virtual tour of a typical Azure datacentre so they can get a behind-the-scenes look at the technology powering the public cloud services they use.

SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. on Monday opened the doors of a massive data center in central Washington, turning what was once a bean farm into a “server farm.” The data center, based in Quincy is about ...

Microsoft is planting the seeds for the future of Windows Datacenter Server, by taking an innovative approach to virtualization. Virtualization is tricky for Microsoft. The technology is loaded with ...

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