Microsoft's New $550Million San Antonio-Based [informationweek.com]Data Center

Microsoft has opened the doors of its $550 million, 477,000-square-foot data center in San Antonio, the company announced Monday. The new data center is one of a network of massive facilities being built to support Microsoft's push to offer cloud services, and will help host a number of applications such as Hotmail, Microsoft.com, and Windows Live Messenger.