Friday, September 19, 2008

Microsoft finishes $550 million data center in San Antonio

From San Antonio Business Journal, September 18, 2008...


Microsoft Corp. has completed its massive 477,000-square-foot data center in Westover Hills in Northwest San Antonio.

The Redmond, Wash.-based computing giant will host an official opening on Monday, Sept. 22.

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) invested $550 million to develop the data center, which will host Web pages and house servers 24 hours a day. The company first announced its decision to build the new facility in San Antonio back in January 2007.

The city and county approved a tax incentive package for the data center. Microsoft is hiring 75 employees to work there.

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