SAN ANTONIO - Microsoft today announced plans to build a 550 (M) million dollar data center in northwest San Antonio. The site will house Microsoft's growing online services.

The 400,000-square-foot facility will be the software giant's first major data center in Texas. The complex will house tens of thousands of computers for delivery of products like Microsoft's Windows Live services, which include everything from instant messaging to mail. Microsoft is based in Redmond, Washington.

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