GOVERNOR CULVER ANNOUNCES WEST DES MOINES FOR NEW MICROSOFT DATA CENTER
- Release Date: Thursday, August 21, 2008
- Dateline (city): Des Moines
- Contact: State of Iowa - European Office
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(DES MOINES, IA) — Governor Chet Culver, Microsoft and the Iowa Department of Economic Development announced today that the City of West Des Moines will serve as the site of Microsoft Corporation’s newest data center. The site is located southwest of the Booneville Road and Xavier Place intersection. In attendance at the event was a contingent of Microsoft executives, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Rep. Leonard Boswell, State Sen. Mike Gronstal, legislators, and West Des Moines community leaders.
The data center, described as the place “where the internet lives,” is expected to house large-scale, worldwide Web services for Microsoft's online services business. With the growth of audio and video applications, social Web sites, mobile devices and other Internet demands, data centers are becoming increasingly important as companies strive to increase online computing support centers to provide users with enhanced Web services.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Governor Chet Culver - Lt. Governor Patty Judge