1. Twitter Adds Data Center in Sacramento

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    Twitter Adds Data Center in Sacramento
    What’s the latest on Twitter’s data center expansion? The company’s not saying. But we’re hearing that Twitter has leased data center space in a facility in Sacramento, Calif. and apparently postponed or shelved its original plans to open a new facility in Salt Lake City. Twitter currently manages its infrastructure through a managed hosting agreement with NTT America, which has cited Twitter’s growth as a driver in the expansion of its data center network. In April Twitter announced plans to add a data center of its own to handle the rapid growth of the microblogging service, which has added more than 100 million new users in 2010. The company announced new funding today, which will help buy more servers and data center space.
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