Microsoft is to build another large data center, this time in Virginia, despite scaling back plans for an earlier facility in Iowa.

Microsoft will spend US$499 million to build a data center in Mecklenburg County in Southern Virginia, the state’s Governor Bob McDonnell announced in a statement Friday. About 50 people will work at the facility. [Read more] from http://www.pcworld.com

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