Comments on: Vegitable Farming Costs http://groklab.org/geb/2008/08/17/vegitable-farming-costs/ Coming by my ignorance the hard way Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:13:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: wagray http://groklab.org/geb/2008/08/17/vegitable-farming-costs/#comment-63 wagray Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:10:21 +0000 http://groklab.org/geb/2008/08/17/vegitable-farming-costs/#comment-63 From an outside investment standpoint, it looks like "server farms" may be a hot market here in Iowa. Food is overrated anyway, what's the cost per acre for a server farm? "Microsoft just confirmed that it will build a $500M data center in Iowa, following the lead of Google, which is nearing completion of a $600M facility in the state." "With big dogs locating in Iowa, other companies will likely follow," said Clyde Evans, economic development leader in West Des Moines. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/Aug/18/iowa_wants_even_more_data_centers.html From an outside investment standpoint, it looks like “server farms” may be a hot market here in Iowa. Food is overrated anyway, what’s the cost per acre for a server farm?

“Microsoft just confirmed that it will build a $500M data center in Iowa, following the lead of Google, which is nearing completion of a $600M facility in the state.”

“With big dogs locating in Iowa, other companies will likely follow,” said Clyde Evans, economic development leader in West Des Moines.

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/Aug/18/iowa_wants_even_more_data_centers.html

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