Comments on: Google opens up on seven years of its data center history http://gigaom.com/2012/11/13/google-opens-up-on-seven-years-of-its-data-center-history/ Sat, 25 May 2013 01:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: victorantos http://gigaom.com/2012/11/13/google-opens-up-on-seven-years-of-its-data-center-history/#comment-1176730 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:17:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=584329#comment-1176730 12 watts for cooling for every 100 watts of IT load?! – maybe they should move the servers under water

]]> By: Gianfranco Palumbo http://gigaom.com/2012/11/13/google-opens-up-on-seven-years-of-its-data-center-history/#comment-1176693 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:06:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=584329#comment-1176693 Pretty sure they want to hire the best talent. And what better way that tell the world you’re the best company to work with you know all-things-datacenter

]]> By: David Mytton http://gigaom.com/2012/11/13/google-opens-up-on-seven-years-of-its-data-center-history/#comment-1176482 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:07:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=584329#comment-1176482 Google has long said and shown how speed and efficiency is important to providing the best user experience, which links directly to how much money they make through ads so it’s interesting to see how this plays out in their data centres. This is perhaps because the data centre is not just a place to put servers – it’s the direct supply line to their users, so they’re more interested in having the latest tools which ultimately make a real difference to the end user.

This has previously been considered a competitive advantage but I wonder what the goal is now of opening things up. Do they want to help with the energy/environmental issues that are best solved at their scale or is there a further business advantage?

]]> By: geronimolong http://gigaom.com/2012/11/13/google-opens-up-on-seven-years-of-its-data-center-history/#comment-1175500 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:56:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=584329#comment-1175500 Reblogged this on My Blog and commented:
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