DataCenterDynamics reports on amazon.com’s latest data center move.
Amazon buys Dublin site for data center
Two more data centers under development in the area
Published 9th February, 2011 by Yevgeniy Sverdlik
Online retailer and provider of public-cloud servicesAmazon bought a large property in Dublin, Ireland, with plans to turn it into a data center, Independent.ie reported.
The 240,000-sq-ft building is a former storage facility of the supermarket chain Tesco, which moved out more than two years ago. The property, sitting on a 13-acre site had been on the market ever since its last occupant left.
It looks like Amazon.com has a strategy to buy/lease buildings and convert rather than build.
Amazon leases data center space while Google and Microsoft build
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 AT 10:45PM
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DataCenterKnowledge reports on Amazon.com leasing 125,000 sq ft of office/warehouse space and converting it to data center space.
REPORT: AMAZON LEASES SPACE IN VIRGINIA
September 28th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Amazon’s expanding cloud computing operation apparently needs room to grow. The commercial real estate news site Globe Street reports that Amazon has leased a building in northern Virginia that will be used to expand its data center operations.