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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. Cleaned up? by jDeepbeep · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The site has been cleaned up

    Oddly enough, TFA says nothing about the site being cleaned up.

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  2. whenever something goes wrong in the server room by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Interesting

    that is unexplained, i usually say something like "probably a stray cosmic ray"

    for the technically inclined, this usually elicits a laugh

    for the technically uninclined this usually elicits a stony face of seriousness

    try this comment sometime, its win win. its a good litmus test for the level of technical acumen you are dealing with in someone

    however, these guys can actually say this sort of thing with a straight face: "probably a stray gamma ray"

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