http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/data-center-facilities/the-1-billion-data-center/ A SearchDataCenter.com blog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/data-center-facilities/the-1-billion-data-center/#comment-50 Markfontecchio Fri, 29 May 2009 11:16:24 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/data-center-facilities/the-1-billion-data-center/#comment-50 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 (http://www.ptsdcs.com/data-center-design-news2.asp) might give you a decent idea of the general breakdown of building and operating a data center, though. 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.

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/data-center-facilities/the-1-billion-data-center/#comment-47 Rjhintz Wed, 27 May 2009 16:35:31 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/data-center-facilities/the-1-billion-data-center/#comment-47 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. 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.

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