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Microsoft to build Australian cloud computing centers May 20th 2013, 22:55 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Special Report: U.S. cyberwar strategy stokes fear of blowback Fri, May 10 2013 Amazon growth slows, while profit margins expand Thu, Apr 25 2013 Analysis & Opinion Q&A with cyber crime expert Tim Francis Microsoft win in rate-setting case vs Motorola is call to litigation The Microsoft logo is seen on the wall of the company's branch in Prague March 17, 2013. Credit: Reuters/David W Cerny SYDNEY | Mon May 20, 2013 6:55pm EDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is expanding its services for hosting and processing online data in Australia with the establishment of two new "cloud" computing data centers in the country. The world's biggest software company said on Tuesday it was expanding its Windows Azure business to include a major new region in Australia. Data centers, renting out technology resources such as computing power and storage, will be established in the states of New South Wales and Victoria. "These two locations will be geo-redundant, offering our customers the ability to back up their data across two separate locations, both within Australia," Toby Bowers, Microsoft Australia's Server & Tools Group Lead said on company's blog site. "We know that providing disaster recovery, while ensuring data sovereignty goals are met, is critical to many of our customers." Such cloud computing, pioneered by Amazon.com Inc, is a fast-growing business for Microsoft and has attracted other big tech names including Google Inc. Microsoft claims more than 200,000 Windows Azure customers, but the company does not break out the revenue from it. (Reporting by Lincoln Feast; Editing by Gary Hill) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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