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Yahoo has finally opened a new giant data centre that will eventually become the company's biggest.
The 180,000 sq ft facility was opened in a ceremony attended by Yahoo founder Jerry Yang and local politicians.
The opening is just the first phase of development, with two further phases to come, meaning the centre is at less than half capacity at the moment.
Server racks in the facility will eventually house 100,000 servers, to be looked over by 50 staff. As part of the deal to build it, Yahoo has also constructed an additional data and call centre, creating another 200 jobs.
A number of the internet's biggest names have recently announced or completed construction of important data centres.
Facebook revealed that it will be building its own facility in Oregon while HP will be opening a data centre in the north-east of England.
More giant data centres can be expected to be built over the coming years as the popularity of cloud computing, where masses of information and services are stored centrally, becomes more popular.
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Last Updated: 18/02/2010 17:14
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