{"id":1608,"date":"2011-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/cloud-computing-prompts-2012-data-center-expansion-plans\/"},"modified":"2011-10-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T00:00:00","slug":"cloud-computing-prompts-2012-data-center-expansion-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-prompts-2012-data-center-expansion-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing Prompts 2012 Data Center Expansion Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who\u2019s planning to build or expand <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/operations\/locations\/michigan-cloud-and-data-centers\/\">data centers<\/a> in the next few years? Major growth in Internet service demands and <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/solutions\/cloud\/\">cloud computing<\/a> is pushing major companies to expand or build new data centers around the world. Follow the breakdown of investments, land size and reasons for data center expansion:<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 587px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Data-Center-Expansion-Map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"2012 Data Center Expansion Plans\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Data-Center-Expansion-Map.jpg\" alt=\"2012 Data Center Expansion Plans\" width=\"587\" height=\"403\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">2012 Data Center Expansion Plans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Data-Center-Expansion-Map.jpg\">Click to View Full Size.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Google<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Dublin, Ireland<\/em><\/strong>: An energy-efficient, cloud computing data center on 11 acres of land with a $101 million investment. The natural cooling from Dublin\u2019s climate saves energy by eliminating the need for chillers.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Asia \u2013 Singapore, Hong Kong &amp;Taiwan<\/em><\/strong>: A $200 million investment in three data centers to support increased demand of services via smartphones and tablet computers, and expectations to be operational in 1 to 2 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Pryor, Oklahoma <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Just opened a new $600 million, 130,000 square feet data center, and plans to open a second building for office space. Another energy-efficient project, the data center will be powered from a wind farm which will feed into the electrical transmission grid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Microsoft<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Dublin, Ireland<\/em><\/strong>: Microsoft expects to expand its 19-acre, $500 million data center in Dublin by more than a third \u2013 similar to Google, the data center uses natural cooling without any chillers.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>West Des Moines, Iowa<\/em><\/strong>: $200 million facility originally started in 2008 but put on hold after the recession. The data center project started up again in 2010, and appears to be nearing completion.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Boydton , Virginia<\/em><\/strong>: An expansion investment of $150 million and a planned second data center facility. With the first phase of its project requiring $499 million, Microsoft is trying to stay competitive in the cloud computing market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>North Carolina<\/em><\/strong>: Scheduled for completion by September 2013, the second data center for this social network giant will measure 300,000 square feet, same as its first data center that hasn\u2019t even opened yet. Facebook purchased 150 acres of land and invested $450 million in their first data center. The data center will be energy-efficient and deploy evaporative cooling instead of a chiller system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>IBM <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Langfang, China<\/em><\/strong>: A cloud computing data center for Range Technology Development Co. Ltd. measured at 620,000 square meters and intended to serve business growth industries such as transportation, telecommunications, e-government and healthcare. \u00a0IBM\u2019s data center business in China has reportedly tripled in the last four years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What could be a cause of the rapid data center expansion planned for 2012 and beyond? DataCenterKnowledge.com reports that data center expansion and construction has been boosted by private equity firms and telecom company investments that have acquired established providers. A recent Data Center Market Insights survey shows over half of data center professionals planning to expand or build new data centers.<\/p>\n<p>Online Tech also recently purchased a <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/operations\/locations\/michigan-cloud-and-data-centers\/\/locations\/2nd-ann-arbor-michigan-data-center\">new Michigan data center<\/a> located in Ann Arbor. Read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinetech.com\/resources\/news-a-events\/press-releases\/2011\/online-tech-opens-new-data-center\">press release<\/a> for more about our unique geographic advantage for <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/solutions\/data-protection\/disaster-recovery-as-a-service\">IT\u00a0disaster recovery<\/a> and production.<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewhir.com\/web-hosting-news\/100411_Facebook_Building_Second_Massive_Data_Center_in_North_Carolina\">Facebook Building Second Massive Data Center in North Carolina<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/businesscenter\/article\/217744\/ibm_to_build_asias_largest_cloud_computing_center.html\">IBM to Build Asia\u2019s Largest Cloud Computing Center<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/archives\/2011\/09\/30\/google-to-build-major-new-data-center-in-dublin\/\">Google to Build Major New Data Center in Dublin<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/BT-CO-20110928-700133.html\">Google to Build Three Data Centers in Asia, Investment to Exceed $200M<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/archives\/2011\/09\/23\/microsoft-steps-up-cloud-expansion-plans\/\">Microsoft Steps Up Cloud Expansion Plans<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/archives\/2011\/09\/20\/microsoft-to-expand-in-des-moines\/\">Microsoft to Expand Scope of Iowa Project<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/focus\/archive\/2011\/09\/microsoft-gets-approval-for-dublin-data-center-expansion\">Microsoft Lays Out Plans for Dublin Data Center Expansion<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/focus\/archive\/2011\/09\/google-brings-oklahoma-data-center-online\">Google Brings Oklahoma Data Center Online<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/archives\/2011\/09\/28\/2012-data-center-market-insights-report\/\">2011\/2012 Data Center Market Insights<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who\u2019s planning to build or expand data centers in the next few years? Major growth in Internet service demands and cloud computing is pushing major companies to expand or build new data centers around the world. Follow the breakdown of investments, land size and reasons for data center expansion: Click to View Full Size. Google Dublin, Ireland: An energy-efficient, cloud computing data center on 11 acres of land with a $101 million investment. The natural cooling from Dublin\u2019s climate saves energy by eliminating the need for chillers. Asia \u2013 Singapore, Hong Kong &amp;Taiwan: A $200 million investment in three data centers to support increased demand of services via smartphones and tablet computers, and expectations to be operational in 1 to 2 years. Pryor, Oklahoma \u2013 Just opened a new $600 million, 130,000 square feet data center, and plans to open a second building for office space. Another energy-efficient project, the data center will be powered from a wind farm which will feed into the electrical transmission grid. Microsoft Dublin, Ireland: Microsoft expects to expand its 19-acre, $500 million data center in Dublin by more than a third \u2013 similar to Google, the data center uses natural cooling without any chillers&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"other_category":[],"class_list":["post-1608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cloud-computing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cloud Computing Prompts 2012 Data Center Expansion Plans | OTAVA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Major growth in Internet service demands and cloud computing is pushing major companies to expand or build new data centers 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