Comment on Google Has Spent $21 Billion on Data CentersparentComments−cobookman12yAhh forgot about Xbox Live. I know they recently announced having 300,000 servers: http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/microsoft-updates-xbox-li...Mind you, 300,000 * 3k per server is still only 900 million.−ImprovedSilence12yYeah... but a datacenter is more than just servers right? You need a building, infrastructure (cooling, electric bill, efficient designing and engineering etc), development. These costs get big. fast.
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Ahh forgot about Xbox Live. I know they recently announced having 300,000 servers: http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/microsoft-updates-xbox-li...
Mind you, 300,000 * 3k per server is still only 900 million.
Yeah... but a datacenter is more than just servers right? You need a building, infrastructure (cooling, electric bill, efficient designing and engineering etc), development. These costs get big. fast.