Global Data Center Location Insights

March 2013

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Data Center Locations of Leading Internet Companies

US technology companies are building data centers in global locations to cater to the local geographic requirements
Americas: Berkeley County, SC; Douglas County, GA; Mayes County, OK; Lenoir, NC; Council Bluffs, IA; The Dalles, OR; Quilicura, Chile

Google

EMEA: Dublin, Ireland; St. Ghislain, Belgium; Hamina, Finland

APAC: Singapore; Hong Kong; Changhua, Taiwan

Americas: Ashburn, VA; Dallas, TX; Los Angeles, CA; Miami FL; Newark, NJ; Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA; St. Louis, MO EMEA: Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Dublin, Ireland; Frankfurt, Germany; London, UK

Amazon

APAC: Singapore; Hong Kong; Tokyo, Japan

Americas: US, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Chile, Columbia

Microsoft

EMEA: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK APAC: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan

Note: The data center locations mentioned are not exhaustive Source: Talent Neuron, Interviews with Industry Stakeholders, public domain (company press releases, company website, news articles, blogs

Data Center Locations of Leading Internet Companies

US technology companies are building data centers in global locations to cater to the local geographic requirements
US: Moonachie, NJ

Samsung

EMEA: London, UK APAC: Beijing, China; Gwacheon, Korea; Gumi, Korea; Singapore

US: Omaha, NE; Quincy, WA; Lockport, NY EMEA: Avenches, Switzerland APAC: Singapore

Yahoo

Apple

US: Maiden, North Carolina; Newark, California; Prineville, Oregon; Santa Clara, California; Reno, Nevada; Cupertino, California
APAC: Hong Kong (under construction)

Linkedin
Los Angeles, CA Chicago, IL

Twitter
Salt Lake City, UT Atlanta, GA

Facebook
Prineville, OR Forest City, NC Lule, Sweden
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Note: The data center locations mentioned are not exhaustive Source: Talent Neuron, Interviews with Industry Stakeholders, public domain (company press releases, company website, news articles, blogs

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