shooga: Kudos for making a "green" data center, but what's with it being modular and transportable? Do they constantly relocate their data centers on a whim? more »
Nekrik: So, in the chance (or fact) that Google or Sun may have brought a similar tech to the world before MS did this (and that's not to say MS didn't do thi... more »
ItsMeMasih: Wow... I could not have imagined an article about server farms would stir the extremists from each camp so much.
All the gadget politics and die-ha... more »
Ellomdian: I somehow suspect these may be Verrari boxes (sic?) and not just MS boxes. Kudos to MS for making this happen at scale, as it means that the tech can ... more »
superberg: The best cooling system ever is a Chicago winter. :D Just leave the windows open from November through March. more »
There are 2,000 in that container. And there are 112 such containers in Microsoft's $500 million Chicago data center. It may seem somewhat ridiculous, but this container-based data center design is absolutely brilliant (and environmentally sustainable to boot).
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This is a shot of the interior of AT&T's Death Star, their stunning global network center in Bedminster, New Jersey—where they work to suppress good wireless reception and run their Random Billing Generator. It looks more amazing than NASA's, but it's not the only cool network operation center running the intarwebs, as you will see in the gallery. Updated: with specs on the Death Star in New Jersey after the jump.More »
Like the Linksys leaked today, all the new extender hardware is coming out of the woodwork, and aside from the updated MCE interface, it's interesting to see what each manufacturer is bringing to the table. On top of dual channel N support, this box has an HDMI and component output, ethernet, and a USB port for media playback. The box'll also hit up uPNP and WMP 11 sources and cost a hefty bit of cheddar — $350. Um, isn't that the price of an Xbox 360 that can do the MCE extension (minus new codecs), download HD movies to its HDD, plus play a whole lot of awesome games? This has to be less than $200 to work, I'd say.
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