2013 data centre rental: Rackspace? Microsoft? No. Twitter nom-nommed through most megawatts
I can save 20MW without putting up electricity prices
Twitter leased the single largest data centre of any tech, cloud or media company during 2013, beating the usual suspects in the size-really-does-matter race.
The micro-blogging site topped a tech league table of the industy’s largest hitters, according to a survey of who rented and built what during 2013.
One single data centre deal put Twitter ahead of everybody else – a 20 megawatt facility operated by co-location specialist RagingWire in Sacramento, California, according to an annual data centre survey (PDF) by US property firm Avison Young.
Twitter took out more space as its service hit more than 280 million users as the business floated on the New York Stock Exchange, with a view to making money by hurling ads at the Twitter populace.
The micro-blogging site topped a tech league table of the industy’s largest hitters, according to a survey of who rented and built what during 2013.
One single data centre deal put Twitter ahead of everybody else – a 20 megawatt facility operated by co-location specialist RagingWire in Sacramento, California, according to an annual data centre survey (PDF) by US property firm Avison Young.
Twitter took out more space as its service hit more than 280 million users as the business floated on the New York Stock Exchange, with a view to making money by hurling ads at the Twitter populace.
I can save 20MW without putting up electricity prices
