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Report: Data Center Leasing Surged 25 Percent in 2013

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Data center demand from social media companies and cloud-builders contributed to a surge in leasing of wholesale data center suites in 2013, with total leasing volume up about 25 percent from 2012, according to a report from a real estate firm. Featured'

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Google Spent $7.3 Billion on its Data Centers in 2013

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Google continues to pump big bucks into its data center operations, investing a massive $7.35 billion in capital expenditures in its Internet infrastructure during 2013. Featured'

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Top 10 Data Center Stories, August 2013

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The impact of a "leap second" on servers at Facebook and the number of servers at Rackspace were the most popular stories of August 2013 at Data Center Knowledge. We present our top ten stories, ranked by popularity.

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Top 10 Data Center Stories, September 2013

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Data center expansions by Google, Microsoft and eBay captured the attention of readers in September, along with a cloud outage for Amazon Web Services. Here are the most viewed stories on Data Center Knowledge for September 2013, ranked by page views. Google Has Spent 21 Billion on Data Centers.

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The Top 10 Data Center M&A Deals of 2013

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Data center industry acquisitions during 2013 were more targeted and strategic. There were some blockbuster deals, such as IBM’s acquisition of SoftLayer and NTT’s acquisition of RagingWire, but single facility acquisitions were the big trend. Featured'

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Ballmer: Microsoft has 1 Million Servers » Data Center Knowledge

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By: Rich Miller July 15th, 2013. The interior of a container packed with servers at a Microsoft data center in Chicago. “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. . “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure.

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The Top 10 Data Center Stories of 2013

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Big projects, big budgets, design innovation and repurposing the old economy''s infrastructure for the new economy were key themes during 2013. Here are the top 10 stories of 2013, ranked by page views. Featured'