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How many servers do Facebook, Google and Microsoft use?

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Facebook does not disclose the number of servers it operates. But research firm Data Center Knowledge puts the tally at about 10,000. [Facebook is rumoured to be buying 50,000 more servers with a recent debt raising of US$100 million.] ... Forrester Research's [Frank] Gillett estimates that Google, owner of the world's biggest Web search engine, is buying half a million servers each year, while Microsoft's annual consumption is as much as 200,000 servers. Source: Facebook: Friends with Money (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc2008059_855064.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_news+%2B+analysis) by Spencer E. Ante, BusinessWeek, 9 May 2008.

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