Google Datacenter Sans A/C
Jul. 16, 2009 23:19 in
Enterprise Architecture, General Technology
In Belgium, one of the Google datacenters has abandoned use of chillers to cool the air within the system. Rather, ambient air from outside the building will be used; if the temperature gets too high, load will be shifted to other data centers until the temperature is back within the nominal range.
Two thoughts:
- Assuming global warming, this strategy has a somewhat limited shelf life.
- I was at a presentation from Google a few months ago. During the talk, the Googler stated that 1/3 of Google’s operating expenses are datacenter related — specifically, electricity. If this pans out, this could be a huge windfall for Google.
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