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The $1 billion data center?



Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
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Data Center Knowledge cites local media reports on speculation that Apple is building a massive data center that could cost as much as $1 billion.

Most of the massive data centers out there from Microsoft and Google have price tags around $500 million, so $1 billion would be a big jump. What makes the cost so high? Who knows. If it happens, this thing is likely to be monstrously large.

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Rjhintz  |   May 27 2009   4:35PM GMT

Any idea of the breakdown of the $500M figure (power, cooling, fire, security) and the ongoing operating costs? Number and accuracy of data points that led to the $500M number cited?
Thanks.


 

Markfontecchio  |   May 29 2009   11:16AM GMT

Hey Rich, I think you’re referring to the breakdown of the approximate $500M data centers for Microsoft and Google. Historically they’ve been averse to doing a cost breakdown, and usually I get these total figures from local media sources that cite local government officials who don’t require the companies to break down their costs into that much detail. This article  <a href="http://www.ptsdcs.com/data-center-design-news2.asp" title="http://www.ptsdcs.com/data-center-design-news2.asp" target="_blank">http://www.ptsdcs.com/data-center-design…</a>) might give you a decent idea of the general breakdown of building and operating a data center, though.


 
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