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Re:Microsoft open sources its next-gen cloud hardware design by eightysixfour on Monday October 31, 2016 @01:59PM (#12839263)
That is one of the major design goals of every data center, electricity on that scale is very expensive.
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Re:Microsoft open sources its next-gen cloud hardware design by molecule on Monday October 31, 2016 @02:52PM (#12839783)
And all of that electricity is turned into heat that needs to be dissipated, so cooling is also very expensive.
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