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The economy is reeling, companies are hurting and IT layoffs are the norm, but none of these factors have halted the phenomenal growth in data, and the need to store information. IBM announced last week that it has been awarded a contract to design and build a new energy-efficient data center for AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah. The organization provides a full range of automotive, travel, insurance and financial services to over 4 million clients. We report this week that Equinix is building its sixth data center in the Washington, D.C. region to deal with a growing demand for storage space. The project is part of Equinix's $1.4 billion-multi-year expansion program for 15 of it's 18 markets. Read more: http://www.fiercecio.com/story/data-growth-defies-economic-downturn/2009-09-13#ixzz0RByIanRB (Read Full Article)

Tom Gonzales is planning to shrink his company's data center footprint from 45 feet by 15 feet to a mere 12 feet by 12 feet -- and he couldn't be happier. "We're using more space than we need," he says. "We're going to return some of that to the company." Gonzales, senior network administrator for Denver-based Credit Union of Colorado, says smaller is better when it comes to data center size -- now more than ever given the tight economy. "It's time to do more with less," he says. (Read Full Article)