ChipsDan Luuabout 11 years ago
Datacenters follow cheap power like steel mills
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Datacenters are now built near cheap power sources, mirroring the historical pattern of steel mills. Power is lost multiple times in a datacenter: 6% in UPS storage, over 10% in voltage stepping, and another 10% in server power supplies, before becoming waste heat that requires cooling.
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