Microsoft opens mega data center in Dublin (ZDNet Asia)

Microsoft launched a new data center in Dublin, describing it as the largest it has built outside the United States. The site is what Microsoft calls a "mega data center", a class the company has constructed previously only in the United States. The company plans to open another mega data center in Chicago on Jul. 20, it said in a blog post. The Chicago facility covers more than 700,000 square feet, with 30 megawatts of power initially available, expandable up to 60 megawatts, Josefsberg said. Two-thirds of the facility is intended to house containerized servers--shipping containers full of servers that can be cooled more efficiently than a conventional building.

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