If you want to compare servers to Hallmark products, Microsoft is no longer the little old lady who buys a shopping cart full of Christmas cards on December 26th. Instead, the company has decided to send cards to fewer people and save its money for 11 months. Or, to drop the metaphor, you might just say that Microsoft’s delayed the construction of a data center.
Microsoft Cuts Construction, Yahoo Cuts Jobs
It looks like Microsoft will be halting construction of new buildings around its Redmond headquarters. According to SeattlePI.com, an internal powerpoint presentation outlines plans. Joseph Tartakoff reports:
Construction Begins On New Intel Factory in Arizona
Yesterday, Intel announced that it plans to build a new 300-mm wafer fabrication factory called Fab 32 on its site in Chandler, Arizona.
Bank of America Buys Into China Construction Bank
Bank of America has agreed to buy a 9% stake in government-owned China Construction Bank (CCB) for $3 billion. Bank of America will also have the option of increasing the size of its stake in the future.
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