data centres
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Data Centres Will Be Manned By Engineers Sleeping In These Pods During The Olympics
The Olympics is all about grand feats of athletic prowess and endurance demonstrated by its competitors. But for the folks behind the scenes, it’s hardly a party — and in fact, the team responsible for running the event’s data centre will be sleeping in these tiny pods next to their computers the whole time.
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Apple’s New Data Centre Is Powered By The Sun
This is Apple’s new data centre in Maiden, North Carolina. Unlike most power-hungry centres, this won’t be gobbling up energy from the grid: it’s going to be powered by the sun. If you can’t get your products made 100 per cent ethically, at least you can try to be eco-friendly, right?
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Facebook Data Centre Goes Arctic For Chilling Effect
When you think of Facebook you don’t exactly think ‘environmentally friendly’. All those data centres burning through electricity, powering your virtual social lives. Facebook’s first push out of the US might be a tad kinder to the environment, using Arctic cooling.
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Amazon: The Official Cloud Server Of The US Government
The US Government is no stranger to Amazon’s data centres: they’ve used them for sites like Recovery.gov and Energy.gov. But after shuttering 40 per cent of their data centres, the Government is looking to Amazon to house data that’s considerably more sensitive.