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Google’s New Data Centre Is An Abandoned Paper Mill In Finland

12:30AM January 31, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

I don’t know what it is about new data centres, but they all seem to resemble the evil lairs of Bond-movie villains. Google’s latest, based in a disused paper mill in Finland, is no exception. More »

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This Norwegian Data Center Is Built In A Cave And Cooled By Fjords

12:30AM December 23, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

Hidden inside a Norwegian mountain, next to a cold fjord which supplies cooling water, Green Mountain is the world’s most environmentally-friendly data centre. It also sounds like it was built by hobbits. More »

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The Cloud Server So Large They Should Call It ‘Hurricane’

1:30AM September 28, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

As computational-heavy research gains momentum, the amount of data researchers generate is exploding — a single sequencing of DNA requires as much as 28 terabytes. So where do American researchers store their most ginormous data sets? In the largest academic cloud server in the US, at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. More »

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Amazon: The Official Cloud Server Of The US Government

2:55AM August 18, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The US Government is no stranger to Amazon’s data centres: they’ve used them for sites like Recovery.gov and Energy.gov. But after shuttering 40 per cent of their data centres, the Government is looking to Amazon to house data that’s considerably more sensitive. More »

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Google’s Data Centres Use Less Electricity Than You Think

1:11PM August 2, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Google has never been upfront about its electricity usage, but with all those data centres, its power consumption was expected to be enormous. Apparently, these estimates have been way off. More »

News

How The 2004 Presidential Election May Have Been Hacked

10:53AM July 27, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Ohio’s 2004 presidential election is one many won’t forget. Democrat John Kerry was the leader and exit polls pegged him as the winner. Defying explanation, a last-minute shift in votes favoured Republican George W. Bush and propelled him to victory. More »

Entertainment

Make Your Music Server Military Grade

3:20AM July 27, 2011 | Mat Honan

Matan Arazi has a better sound system than you do. In this interview with the designer of the Audeeva Conbrio music server, Arazi lays out general and specific steps to make your music server sing. More »

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Microsoft Wants To Heat Your Home With A Cloud Server

7:40AM July 26, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Microsoft, ever mindful of the future, has figured out a great way to stay toasty. With a cloud server! Umm, what? More »

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FBI Raids Data Centre, Seizes Servers, Knocks Big Sites Offline

8:19AM June 22, 2011 | Adrian Covert

For reasons unknown, the FBI raided a data centre and seized several servers, causing known online brands, including Pinboard and those in the Curbed network, to go offline. More »

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What’s Apple’s Other Giant New Data Center For?

7:32AM May 19, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Apple’s ginormous data centre in North Carolina has—or had?—been shrouded in mystery for some time now. But did you know that they just inked a deal on another iData haven, nearly as big, in SoCal? But what for? More »