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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. 1&1 by h4rm0ny · · Score: 5, Insightful


    1&1? They should worry more about where they site their customer service! I was with them for a while and when they screwed up my billing it took a long, long time to untangle the mess. Mainly because the different departments were all sited in different places and none had the authority to do what needed to be done to sort it out. 1&1 - hateful, money-grubbing company. Thank you, rant over. I will now pay the karma hit with pleasure. :)

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  2. Green power by askanis42 · · Score: 5, Informative

    1&1 is also using "green" power generated from wind, water and solar energy for their datacenters and office buildings. see: (German only) http://www.1und1.info/xml/order/popupGruenerStrom

  3. 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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  4. 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.

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

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

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