Quora to the rescue: http://www.quora.com/Twitter-Inc-company/Why-does-Twitter-n...

ck2 · on Feb 8, 2011

Wow, very nice find. I took a stab at the question via Google but gave up.

I also discovered they have their own (but singular) datacenter:

But they are planning on adding more, which leads me to believe maybe that's what some of the new hires are for.

wh-uws · on Feb 8, 2011

Wow, very nice find. I took a stab at the question via Google but gave up.

Exactly why quora is compelling. If you didn't know now you do

js2 · on Feb 8, 2011

If you ever wonder about why a company needs X developers, please come back to this list.

BenSchaechter · on Feb 8, 2011

Huzzah, I asked this question!