Yahoo’s Chicken Coop DC

July 1, 2009, 8:01 am

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Details continue to stream in about Yahoo’s planned datacenter outside Buffalo, New York. This time regarding their planned “chicken coop” style design which includes louvers to maximize the use of outside air for cooling. Leveraging this and other efficient design techniques, they are aiming for a PUE of just 1.1. That’s impressive. Our sources indicate [...]

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thoughts on next-gen PUE & the need for DC efficiency assessments

July 6, 2009, 9:12 am

≫ Next: Google’s chiller-less DC is pretty cool; workload distribution even cooler

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Michael Manos who is currently a Sr. VP at Digital Realty Trust and previously was a data center executive at Microsoft has one of the better blogs on datacenter efficiency. I added him to the blog roll for those of you who may not already read his stuff. He tends to write meaty, thought-provoking posts. [...]

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Google’s chiller-less DC is pretty cool; workload distribution even cooler

July 20, 2009, 11:04 am

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A recent post at Rich Miller’s Data Center Knowledge site reveals that Google’s data center in Belgium doesn’t just try not to use its chillers to save energy; it doesn’t have any. As an example of facilities-side innovation to drive efficiency, it’s certainly impressive. But most data center professionals will never have an opportunity to [...]

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