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FDI and LRAS: Microsoft to open UK data centres

Geoff Riley

10th November 2015

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Data storage centres have a physical bricks and mortar aspect but also a weightless component too! The decision by Microsoft to invest in two new data centres will have effects on aggregate demand and supply. Amazon are doing something similar. One of the spillovers will be faster running apps - although the impact might be microscopic!

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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