data centres
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Microsoft Blames 16-Hour Email Outage On Overheating Data Centre
Microsoft’s Outlook.com email service suffered a massive 16-hour outage yesterday, which saw users unable to access parts of SkyDrive, Hotmail and Outlook. Microsoft has revealed that it was the result of a mischievous firmware upgrade, which caused “a rapid and substantial temperature spike” in the data centre.
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This Is What A 20MW Solar Farm Looks Like
One of the key features of Apple’s upcoming North Carolina data centre is its mammoth field of solar panels, which aim to provide the data centre with the majority of its power. Although the solar farm in progress is a whopping 100 acres and aims to put out 20 megawatts, that’s only 60 per cent…
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Monster Machines: Dell’s Tactical Data Centre Puts A Server Room In A War Zone
It’s not just the bullets that are getting smarter. As the US military pushes for deeper technological integration in its fighting forces, more and more bandwidth and computing power will be needed to keep everything connected. Dell’s new self-contained server rooms will turn even the most remote Forward Operating Base into an impromptu data centre.
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Apple And Greenpeace Trade Blows In Data Centre Grudge Match
Call it the Battle of Maiden. This week, Apple and Greenpeace traded very public barbs over how much clean power is used by Apple’s $US1 billion state-of-the-art data centre in Maiden, North Carolina.