Obama orders sales of excess data centers

President Barack Obama today told agencies to sell off excess data centers, among other properties, as a way to save money.

"Over the past decade, the private sector reduced its data center footprint by capitalizing on innovative technologies to increase efficiencies. However, during that same period, the federal government experienced a substantial increase in the number of data centers," Obama wrote in a memo released today. The increase has led agencies to consume more energy and pay more in real estate costs such as operations and maintenance, he wrote.

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