When will Wal-Mart green its data center? Next Data Center destined to high carbon Colorado Springs

greenm3.com (Jul 22 2011)

1. DatacenterKnowledge reports on Wal-Mart's selection of Colorado Springs for a new data center site. Wal-Mart Confirms Colorado Springs Project July 22nd, 2011 : Rich Miller Wal-Mart confirmed Thursday that it will build a major corporate data center in Colorado Springs, boosting efforts by local officials to boost the city as a data center destination. Construction costs for the new data center are estimated at $100 million, and initially, the data center would need 20 to 40 full-time employees with annual salaries of $30,000 to $70,000. The Colorado Springs reports more details coming from the local economic development officials. City officials say based on their estimates, and using information provided by Wal-Mart, the facility will cost about $100 million to build; the company declined to disclose the cost. Wal-Mart also is expected to invest another $50 million to $100 million in machinery and equipment over the initial 15-year life ... (Read Full Article)

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