• The Seattle Times, Thursday, January 2, 2014 2:39 PM

Microsoft will pay $11 million to buy 200 acres of industrial land in Port of Quincy, Wash. to build a second data center, reports the Seattle Times. It's not clear whether the data center will support cloud services, process Bing search queries or support some other type of data requirements. The latest is Microsoft's second in Quincy, which built its first one there on 75 acres in 2007. The deal boosts the area's economy, but the Seattle Times reports some residents have raised concerns that the server farms with diesel-powered backup generators may pollute the air and could increase cancer risk for nearby residents.

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