Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: New York City – March 25, 2010 Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Web Host The Planet Joins Tumblr, Kickstarter, and SoundCloud to Host SXSW Meet-Up Blogs: CO2 Impact on Datacenters News: Controversial Scottish Data Center Build Moves Forward (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Microsoft revealed this week plans to lower its data center budget from $500 million per project to $250 million or less, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge . Kevin Timmons, head of Microsoft’s data center operations team, says the company is currently on track to “reduce costs by 50 percent or more in the next-generation builds”.