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Salesforce To Open Data Centers In Europe, Add Jobs

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Salesforce says it plans to open new data centers in U.K., France and Germany. The company also plans to add more than 500 new jobs across Europe during its fiscal year 2015.

Salesforce is expected to open the first data center in the U.K. in August 2014, with additional data centers to open in France and Germany in 2015.

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