Datacenter in an old Mine
Japan and Sun build a Datacenter in an old mine to which in return reduced the cost of colling. The report states that is the first Datacenter in a min, but I dont agree , because when I worked with Volvo IT - and their schools project - their datacenters were all in old mine. The coolant will be ground water and the site's temperature is a constant 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit) all year, meaning no air-conditioning will be needed outside the containers. This reduces the energy required for the water chillers, used with surface-level Blackbox containers. The group estimates that up to $9 million of electricity costs could be saved annually if the centre were to run 30,000 server cores. Sun is working with eleven other companies, including Internet Initiative Japan - an ISP, BearingPoint , Itochu Techno-Solutions and NS Solutions . They will form a joint venture with Sun. NTT Communications and Chuo University are also involved. The disused coal mine is located...