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Yahoo's "Chicken Coop" Data Center Design
1sockchuck writes "Yahoo has come up with a data center design called the Yahoo Computing Coop, which it says will make its new data center in Lockport, NY one of the most efficient on earth. The design features 120-foot by 60-foot metal prefabricated facilities with louvers on the side to support free cooling, and a peaked roof to manage the release of waste heat from the hot aisle. Chief Yahoo David Filo said the name was adopted 'because it looks like something chickens live in.' The $150 million data center in Western New York, which was announced earlier today, will run on cheap hydro power from the Niagara River."
Almost every car you see on America's highways have exploding engines. Of course, living in the stone age, you don't understand that. The internal combustion engine is powered by a succession of controlled explosions. You may or may not wish to experiment, but mixing gasoline and oxygen in carefully metered proportion, followed by the introduction of a spark, ALWAYS results in an explosion. ALWAYS.
You sound like the sort who would buy a non-exploding engine, then wonder why the car won't carry you to work.
Don't be late for your classes, or I'll give you detention and extra assignments.
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