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North West New York confident of attracting Yahoo data center :
State officials pushing everything from hydropower to the weather to attract search firm’s investment.

Equinix opens $82 million New Jersey data center :
Phase two of International Business Exchange comes online

Quincy attracts another super data center :
Washington state: Sabey Corporation to build 525,000 sq-ft facility

Apple plans $1 billion data center - reports :
North Carolina working hard to attract investment

Ascent plans 250,000 sq ft Chicago data center :
Close to Microsoft Chicago site

Switzerland to get largest ever multi tier data center :
10,000 sq mt secure, green and remote site to open in 2010

Data center too close to rocket testing range :
Department of Homeland Security criticised for location next to NASA rocket test site


Europe
DatacenterDynamics Paris attracts largest ever audience :
700 delegates hear the latest news and views on French data center operations

Intel reacts angrily to record EU fine of $1.4 billion :
CEO declares "the decision is wrong and ignores reality"


Datacenterdynamics FOCUS: What can you expect from a cooling audit?

Italian data center sector prepares for critical transition :
Milan data center focus shifts sharply from power & growth towards efficiency & cost reduction

Microsoft signs EU Code of Conduct for data centers and targets PUE of less than 1.2 :
Current average PUE of 1.6

Technology
NYSE Euronext signs 100 Gbps network supplier :
New York and London data centers get dedicated super fast network

Dell goes for hyper scale data center deployments with latest ultra dense servers :
VIA Nano powered boxes for web data center environments

Google engineers pen guide to data center systems :
The first word in warehouse scale machines

Intel pushes data center thermal monitoring software development kit :
Promises higher rack densities and better power management

Raritan kits out Microsoft testing data center with monitoring products :
Test and configuration of enterprise customer set ups to cut power draw

Corporate
Scottish & Southern power buys £5 million data center business :
Telecoms subsidiary splashes cash on colocation site

Vmware buys five per cent of Terremark :
$20 million for 4 million shares - Comment: could this be the start of a land grab?

NetApp buys Data Domain for $1.5 billion :
Storage consolidates


Datacenterdynamics FOCUS: How to get planning permission for a data center

Colt signs 10 year data center services deal :
Customer is big, financial but unamed

EMC signs with Brocade to remodel the data center :
Application and infrastructure engineering partnership extended

Energy star rating arriving at a data center near you :
US EPA badge for servers