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Nuke Site Converted Into Green Data Center

Posted by samzenpus on from the glowing-data dept.

1sockchuck writes "If you had 100,000 servers, would you put them on top of a former nuclear fuel facility? One of the world's largest web hosts, 1&1 Internet, is building a new data center on a site in Hanau, Germany previously used by Siemens to produce mixed oxide rods made from enriched uranium and plutonium. The site has been cleaned up, and 1&1 is converting it into a 'green' data center powered by renewable energy and using free cooling to save on air conditioning costs."

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  1. Big deal. Call me when they can do the reverse ... by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... and convert a Green Data Center into a Nuke Site.

    THAT would be news.

  2. Re:sssss by Soruk · · Score: 5, Funny

    There were reasons they moved their UK operations from Staines (Middlesex).

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    -- Soruk