Vista - Microsoft data ‘nerve center’ opens in Texas

Microsoft Corp. fired up its data “nerve center” in Westover Hills,
Texas, on Monday.

“With what’s going on in the economy, it’s great to be able to make a
half-a-billion investment in San Antonio,” said

Debra Chrapaty, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for Global
Foundation Services.

With this 470,000-squarefoot, $550 million data center, Microsoft
competes directly against Internet giants such as

Google. The powers of the Internet have strategically placed these
massive server farms around the country to handle the

world’s growing need to move data electronically.

Microsoft’s Live Search engine is one of the products the center
supports.

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