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How Much of Twitter’s $100M is for Servers?
Data Center Knowledge (Sep 28 2009) Microblogging
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One of the hottest tech stories last week was the $100 million raised by Twitter in a new round of funding, which reportedly values the microblogging service at $1 billion, even though it has yet to generate meaningful revenue. Much of the commentary has focused on the high valuation, but the funding begs another question: Did Twitter raise $100 million because it can, or because it really needs the money?
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