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The Rise of the Mega Data Center

Posted Thu, 02/26/2009 - 08:54 by john.cox

Source: GigaOM

Behind popular web services such as Facebook, Google and Amazon’s AWS are racks and racks of computers serving up millions of pages or providing raw computing power. The use of thousands of servers to deliver one application or act as a pool of computing resources has changed the way that chipmakers and computer vendors are building their products. It has also led to the rise of the mega data center.

http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/the-rise-of-the-mega-data-center/

Next-Gen Green Data Centers: Powered by Methane?

Posted Sat, 02/21/2009 - 13:24 by john.cox

Here’s one more creative way to green a data center: Power it with methane gas produced from a landfill. Sound far-fetched? In fact it’s not —- there’s already a serious proposal on the boards.

http://www.greenercomputing.com/blog/2009/02/20/methane-may-power-green-data-center

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