Microsoft Buys San Antonio Site

• By The WHIR, April 19, 2007

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April 19, 2007 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Microsoft (microsoft.com) announced on Thursday it has completed the purchase of a 44-acre site in San Antonio's Westover Hills development to build a 470,000-square-foot data center after a year-long selection process.

The company says the new complex will house a next-generation data center to power its Windows Live initiative, the new, consolidated online services Microsoft offers as part of its latest attempt to compete against competitors like Google and Yahoo! The services, which will cost Microst more than $550 million, will predominately be Web applications accessed via a Web browser.

"San Antonio stands up very well against other cities for its robust power and fiber infrastructure, as well as its economical energy rate," says Tom Freeman, senior vice president of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Global Data Center Practice, who led the site selection process that culminated in March.

Created by developer Charles Martin Wender, Westover Hills is a 1,270-acre, master-planned, mixed-use development in northwest San Antonio. Of the 1,270 acres, approximately 420 acres remain unsold. Other businesses located on the grounds include San Antonio's Sea World, the Hill Country Resort and Spa and the recently announced future data center for Lowe's Home Improvement.

Microsoft recently announced it launched the Microsoft SaaS Incubation Center Program, a global initiative to help independent software vendors adopt the software as a service delivery model.

Tags:  Software as a service  Windows  Appro  Google  Microsoft  Yahoo! 

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