Columbia Data Center is Microsoft's data center in Quincy, Washington. Property at Quincy was purchased in 2006; the building opened in April, 2007;[3] and the data center reached operational status in May, 2007.[4] It was said to be the largest data center in the world as of 2015.[5] The company located there due to low land costs, abundant data fiber, and extremely low cost electricity provided by Grant County PUD for as little as 1.9 or 2.5 cents per kilowatt-hour.[6][3][1] Building began with a 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) facility in 2006 and several expansions followed, occupying with 800,000 square feet (74,000 m2) of floorspace in two buildings on a 270-acre (110 ha) complex by 2016.[1][2] The data center consumed 30 to 50 megawatts in 2012 and employs 50 people.[3][5]
| Columbia Data Center | |
|---|---|
  Location within Washington | |
| General information | |
| Type | Data center |
| Location | Quincy, Washington |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 47°14′N 119°52′W / 47.24°N 119.86°W |
| Completed | 2007 |
| Owner | Microsoft |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 800,000 sq ft (74,000 m2) (2015) |
| Grounds | 270 acres (110 ha) (2016) |
| References | |
| [1][2] | |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Quincy, WA – Big Data Centers Leverage Abundant, Inexpensive Renewable Energy". Port of Quincy, Washington (blog). August 25, 2015. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ^ a b Jonathan Hassell (October 28, 2016), "Take a look inside Microsoft's Quincy, Wash. data center", Computerworld, archived from the original on February 10, 2018, retrieved February 9, 2018
- ^ a b c James Glanz (September 24, 2012), "Data Barns in a Farm Town, Gobbling Power and Flexing Muscle", The New York Times
- ^ "New Microsoft data center powers Web services push". Reuters. Reuters. May 15, 2007. Retrieved 2018-09-10 – via CNET.
- ^ a b Microsoft expanding data center at the Port of Quincy, Port of Quincy, August 25, 2015, archived from the original on February 9, 2018, retrieved February 9, 2018
- ^ Sharon Pian Chan (May 20, 2010), "Microsoft expands data center in Quincy", The Seattle Times
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