Tech | December 04, 2009 | 1 comment

Helsinki to be heated by computers!

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Cloud Computing goes Green underground in Finland. Cloud computing requires massive data centers, and the rows upon rows of computers burn lots of electricity, generate massive amounts of heat--and then require yet more electricity to power cooling systems. (In fact, more electricity goes into the cooling than the actual computing.) Obviously this is a problem; according to The Times, "Data centers such as those run by Google already use around 1 percent of the world's energy, and their demand for power is rising fast with the trend to outsource computing."

Helsinki, Finland may have the answer. Next month the city will see the launch of a massive data center buried in a WWII-era bomb shelter under one of their biggest tourist attractions, Uspenski Cathedral. Clever technological planning means the heat from the data center will be siphoned off and delivered to Helsinki residences, reducing the cooling bill, and attendant electricity cost, by some $561,000 per year.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/11/30/technology/tech-us-climate-cities-data...
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    • I want cloud computing here too. It's cold also! Seriously though, I have nothing to hide nor do I have super valuable secretes that I should be paranoid about bid brother possible taking a peek. For the common person, cloud computing is the next logical step in personal computing evolution. Maybe then I could afford an Apple with no CPU. Apple master cloud computing; get everyone to buy your cheaper (CPU-less) product and then force them to use your cloud server--now that's an even greater idea! get on it apple

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