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Data Centers Work to Reduce Their Enormous Water Use (datacenterknowledge.com)
6 points by 1SockChuck on April 9, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


Perhaps this is naïve, but why aren't more data centers in Alaska, or atop mountains? It's cold and windy and cooling costs would (potentially) be so much smaller.


I think there are some that are... a company called Verne Holdings was planning to build one in Iceland, but it has been delayed.

http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/022309_Iceland_Data_...

Remember as well, that proximity to lots of reliable power is also a concern. My guess is that the datacenters in sunshine states, will eventually buy solar power systems to put on their roofs.


It's a multidimensional problem: power, cooling, fiber, tax breaks, etc.


> As part of our commitment to the environment,

don't pull my dick Debra




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