Data centres keep economy humming
Posted by: Dedicated Servers in Uncategorized, tags: 5 Million, City Water, Dollar Project, Economy, Federal Lawmakers, Intuit, Massive Data, microsoft, Midst, Money Microsoft, Recycled Water, Server Farms, Sq Ft, Water Reclamation Facility, YahooTwo years after Microsoft began operating a data centre in Quincy, the city is in the midst of a multi-million-dollar project to bring recycled water to the facility. Although the city water reclamation project is costly — estimated at US$9 million — the first phase is being built with a US$4.5 million grant from the state. And the city has appealed to federal lawmakers for rest of the money.
Microsoft’s 474,000 sq ft building on 75 acres is one of three massive data centres in Quincy. Yahoo and Intuit also bought land and built large server farms. This winter, Sabey bought about 40 acres of land in Quincy and will break ground this summer on a data centre. Eventually, the city wants to provide recycled water to the three data centres there, and any others that sprout up. When complete, the water reclamation facility will be able to treat up to 5 million gallons a day.
Source: Wenatchee World
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