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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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Technology and Hollywood Meet At SIGGRAPH 2013 » Data Center.

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Technology and Hollywood Meet At SIGGRAPH 2013. Technology and Hollywood Meet At SIGGRAPH 2013. By: John Rath July 26th, 2013. Avatar, Hollywood and the Data Center. About John Rath John Rath is a veteran IT professional and regular contributor at Data Center Knowledge. Modular Data Centers.

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QTS is Top Performer in 2013 as Data Center Stocks Lag the Market

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QTS Realty and CyrusOne were the top performers among publicly-held data center companies for 2013 after going public earlier in the year. The sector trailed the broader market, as investors cooled on data center stocks amid growing cloud competition and. But they were the best of a weak bunch. Featured'

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Google Spends $1.6 Billion in 3 Months on its Data Centers

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Google’s Data Center Building Boom Continues: $1.6 Google’s Data Center Building Boom Continues: $1.6 By: Rich Miller July 19th, 2013. Google’s extraordinary data center building boom continues to drive its spending, as the company invested a record $1.6 1Q 2013: $1.20

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At WPC 2013, Microsoft Points Partners to the Cloud » Data Center.

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At WPC 2013, Microsoft Points Partners to the Cloud. At WPC 2013, Microsoft Points Partners to the Cloud. By: John Rath July 10th, 2013. Several sources have noted that Steve Ballmer will unveil plans on Thursday to drastically restructure the $286 billion company. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter.

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Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 20 » Data Center Knowledge

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Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 20. Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 20. By: Rich Miller July 20th, 2013. Racks of servers housed inside the Microsoft data center in Dublin, Ireland. These are am,ong the company’s 1 million-plus servers. Photo: Microsoft). Google Spends $1.6

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5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ » Data Center Knowledge

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5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ. 5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ. By: Rich Miller July 28th, 2013. It’s not easy to stay current on the many facets of data center technology and operations. Consider these factors as you look for a place to locate a new data center.