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Facebook's Prineville data center draws environmental scrutiny
SILICON FOREST BLOG: Facebook is attracting fresh, unwanted attention for its new Prineville data center. The company contracted with PacifiCorp for its electricity, and PacifiCorp relies heavily on...
View ArticleGreenpeace, Huffington Post join chorus critical of Facebook's Prineville...
SILICON FOREST BLOG: Greenpeace started its own campaign against Facebook's Prineville data center, joining others who want the social networking company to find an alternative to PacifiCorp coal. On...
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Facebook hires Google's Dalles data center director to run new Prineville...
SILICON FOREST BLOG: Ken Patchett has run Google's operation in The Dalles since 2006 Image provided by FacebookFacebook's new data center, now under construction in PrinevilleFacebook has hired Ken...
View ArticleViaWest -- which has a large Hillsboro data center -- gets new owner
SILICON FOREST BLOG: ViaWest, a Denver company that operates a data center in Hillsboro, was acquired this week by Oak Hill Capital Partners. Terms weren't disclosed. ViaWest, a Denver company that...
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Google: Oregon hunters are not attacking our data center
SILICON FOREST BLOG: Reports to the contrary appear to have been exaggerations. Michael Lloyd/The OregonianGoogle's data center in The Dalles: Not actually under assault.Reports this week that...
View ArticleEast Oregonian: Amazon buys more data center land
SILICON FOREST BLOG: The paper says Amazon's affiliate paid $146,850 for about 10 acres of port land. The East Oregonian reports that Amazon.com subsidiary Vadata is buying 10 acres of land at the...
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Facebook will put its next data center in North Carolina
SILICON FOREST BLOG: Facebook will build its second data center facility in the Southeast. Mike Rogoway/The OregonianThe first phase of Facebook's Prineville data center opens early next year.Facebook...
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