The huge Microsoft data center in Northlake, Illinois will open on July 20, the company said today.

Microsoft will open two new data centers in July, following through with a massive expansion of its data center capacity to support the company’s push into online services. The two new facilities in Dublin, Ireland and Chicago will add more than 1 million square feet oif space to the company’s data center network.

The Dublin, Ireland data center will go live this Wednesday, July 1, followed by the Chicago data center on July 20. The two launches indicate that Microsoft has resumed its data center expansion after announcing a construction slowdown earlier this year. In January, Microsoft said it would postpone its... Читать дальше »