Comments on: Google's new data-center cools with weather prediction, not electricity http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543243 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543243 Is this a data center, or the inside of a Borg cube? Is this a data center, or the inside of a Borg cube?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543259 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543259 66 to 71 degrees it's a lot, Mr.Celsius ! 66 to 71 degrees it’s a lot, Mr.Celsius !

]]> By: eviladrian http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543266 eviladrian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543266 #4: The sky above the datacenter looks like the last act of Ghostbusters, with a massive funnel of cloud spinning away the heat into space. #4: The sky above the datacenter looks like the last act of Ghostbusters, with a massive funnel of cloud spinning away the heat into space.

]]> By: damagedbadtzmaru http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543281 damagedbadtzmaru Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543281 Shifting your entire data operations for seven days out of the year sounds like spending a fortune to save a few cents. Go-go, Greenwash Gadget! Shifting your entire data operations for seven days out of the year sounds like spending a fortune to save a few cents. Go-go, Greenwash Gadget!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543283 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543283 <i>The maximum temperature in Brussels during summer reaches 66 to 71 degrees</i> Really? Weather forecast for belgium today is 81 (27 celsius) and a couple of weeks ago we had 86 (30 celsius). I hope they did their research better than that or they will have a lot of days with the equipment turned off. The maximum temperature in Brussels during summer reaches 66 to 71 degrees

Really?

Weather forecast for belgium today is 81 (27 celsius) and a couple of weeks ago we had 86 (30 celsius).

I hope they did their research better than that or they will have a lot of days with the equipment turned off.

]]> By: jahknow http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543575 jahknow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543575 Just wait until they take their Oscillation Overthruster out of beta. Just wait until they take their Oscillation Overthruster out of beta.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543331 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543331 The photo's the CERN tape library. The photo’s the CERN tape library.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-544103 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-544103 @#5 XENU- I too fear this. They are only aiding the beast, the one who will awaken and enslave the humans. (maybe it is awake, only cooling off to prepare for battle) @#5 XENU- I too fear this. They are only aiding the beast, the one who will awaken and enslave the humans. (maybe it is awake, only cooling off to prepare for battle)

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543354 Moriarty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543354 Whatever happened to their offshore, wave powered, oceanwater-cooled data center idea? That would have made an awesome evil lair. Stupid Google and their "don't be evil" crap. Whatever happened to their offshore, wave powered, oceanwater-cooled data center idea? That would have made an awesome evil lair. Stupid Google and their “don’t be evil” crap.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543357 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543357 the picture is a bit disingenuous. it's the inside of a tape silo and they be T10K tapes in there. they are just "showing off" that they have lots of money to spend on their backups.... the picture is a bit disingenuous. it’s the inside of a tape silo and they be T10K tapes in there.

they are just “showing off” that they have lots of money to spend on their backups….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543363 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543363 Sorry guys, in Belgium they use the metric system and other scales that make sense, so in summer, it's more like 18-21 degrees, and Google may maintain its data centers operating at more than 26 degrees. Sorry guys, in Belgium they use the metric system and other scales that make sense, so in summer, it’s more like 18-21 degrees, and Google may maintain its data centers operating at more than 26 degrees.

]]> By: dan http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543365 dan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543365 Does that mean that Google searches in Belgium will be slower on hot days? ... "I hate this weather! The internet's so slow!" Does that mean that Google searches in Belgium will be slower on hot days? … “I hate this weather! The internet’s so slow!”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543395 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543395 That picture is of StorageTek (now SUN) tape library. Those are all LTO tapes if I'm not mistaken. That picture is of StorageTek (now SUN) tape library. Those are all LTO tapes if I’m not mistaken.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543928 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543928 Why not build their data center in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia or wherever the weather is always cool all year round? Then they wouldn't have to worry about several days a year to shut down machines and they could save even more money on cooling. Didn't someone in Google corporate think of googling weather temperatures for various geographic regions? Why not build their data center in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia or wherever the weather is always cool all year round? Then they wouldn’t have to worry about several days a year to shut down machines and they could save even more money on cooling. Didn’t someone in Google corporate think of googling weather temperatures for various geographic regions?

]]> By: Philbert http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543425 Philbert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543425 cool! cool!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543439 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543439 Another corporation slapping on a 'sustainability sticker'. We're still doomed of course. Another corporation slapping on a ‘sustainability sticker’. We’re still doomed of course.

]]> By: eviladrian http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543200 eviladrian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543200 I'm imagining a sort of desert caravan of data in a reverse-geosynchronous orbit, circling the planet every day to stick to the night-side... I’m imagining a sort of desert caravan of data in a reverse-geosynchronous orbit, circling the planet every day to stick to the night-side…

]]> By: nosehat http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543208 nosehat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543208 This concept is really awe-inspiring (as is the accompanying photo!) Thanks for sharing. This concept is really awe-inspiring (as is the accompanying photo!)

Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543218 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543218 RE: That photo... anyone elselooking for the "Resigned" drawer? RE: That photo… anyone elselooking for the “Resigned” drawer?

]]> By: lecti http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543223 lecti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543223 I see where this is heading: modify the atmospheric temperature using the heat from datacenter to control the weather. I see where this is heading: modify the atmospheric temperature using the heat from datacenter to control the weather.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/15/googles-new-data-cen.html#comment-543483 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543483 Damage@7: Installing a massive AC system for seven days out of the year sounds like spending a fortune to save a few cents, you mean. Damage@7: Installing a massive AC system for seven
days out of the year sounds like spending a fortune
to save a few cents, you mean.

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