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How DC Blox Plans to Conquer Dixie Colocation provider DC Blox has bought land for a data center and office campus in Birmingham, Alabama • Once launched, it will be the company's fourth location out of 19 it plans to build across secondary markets in the Southeastern US • The company plans to always have two new projects underway until it meets its goal |
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Facebook Hires a Head of Chip Development From Google Shahriar Rabii, who's worked on the team building chips for Google devices, has joined Facebook • He will work under Facebook's head of virtual reality and augmented reality, anonymous sources told Bloomberg • Facebook started forming a chip-design team earlier this year • While Facebook is working on consumer devices, such as Oculus Go, being able to design its own processors could also help it improve its data centers |