Where will Equinix be expanding next?

Equinix is the top in carrier neutral data centers and internet exchanges.  With Verizon’s move buying Terremark, the Telcos are looking to expand leveraging their networks.

While researching a project for a client I was looking at Cloud Computing data centers and found an Equinix presentation that gave a lot of details on future growth.  Besides Equinix there are cloud presentations from IBM, HP, Dell, EMC, VMware, Wipro, and Telco.  The presentations were downloaded from a public site with no password logon.

Here are some of the slides from the Equinix presentation that I found interesting.

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California attempts to make the environment a higher priority the profit

Joel Makower has a post on a bill introduced into the the California state Senate.

California’s Bold Move to Legitimize Sustainable Business

A bill introduced in California’s state Senate last week holds enormous potential to give sustainable business a push by making it — well, legal.

Under current law in California and most other states, companies can be sued by their shareholders or investors for taking environmental or social measures that negatively affect shareholders’ financial returns. The proposed bill would enable a new form of for-profit corporation, encouraging and expressly permitting companies to pursue other things besides simply making money.

If you wonder why money

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