Evidence of Microsoft’s Cloud Growing

For anyone who wonders when/if Microsoft would be moving into the realm of cloud computing, all one has to do is look at their growing Internet Infrastructure. This week, Om Malik shared a video chat with Debra Chrapaty, Microsoft’s corporate VP of global foundation services. The details and video are available here. In Information Week, the magnitude of the new Microsoft Data Center in San Antonio, and its whopping 11 acres of building footprint is described.

There are a number of interesting points in Malik’s post that indicate all-out arms race with Google. Some of the facts include that they are adding 10,000 servers a month and their total data grows ten times every three years. These kind of statistics and moves do not point to a company that is spending money to just to spend it. As Microsoft is considered a late entrant to the set of businesses often referred to as Web 2.0, they certainly are taking catching up seriously.