Just before its fiscal 2007 arrived to a shut final week, Microsoft snapped up two datacenters from Savvis, an infrastructure provider.Microsoft was the sole consumer with the Savvis datacenters that it bought. The datacenters are situated in Santa Clara, Calif.Update: A reader notes that,
Office 2007 Pro Plus, technically, Microsoft didn;t purchase these datacenters outright. Instead, “Microsoft simply acquired the leases from Savvis. Both buildings continue to be owned by Digital Realty Trust,” reader John Starta said, citing the Digital Realty press release. “Digital Realty Trust had been leasing the buildings to Savvis, which in turn had a colocation contract with Microsoft. With this deal Microsoft is now the direct tenant.”Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Wall Street over a year ago that the company planned to make substantial investments in the services area and would be hiring more people to work on its Live initiative, as well as beefing up its infrastructure that would power its burgeoning family of services.Microsoft;s fiscal 2008 commenced on July 1.