Iron Mountain's Experimental Room 48

twailgum writes "Twenty-two stories underground in Iron Mountain's Western Pennsylvania facility, 'you'll find Room 48, an experiment in data center energy efficiency. Open for just six months, the room is used by Iron Mountain to discover the best way to use geothermal conditions and engineering designs to establish the perfect environment for electronic documents. Room 48 is also being used to devise a geothermal-based environment that can be tapped to create efficient, low-cost data centers.'"

Comments

YES!

[Anonymous Coward]

Nothing like a geo-thermal, 20+ story deep, deep-mountain lair.

Ideal environment

[zmaragdus]

perfect environment for electronic documents

Kernel Butler: Would you like a defragmentation this evening, sir?
Document: No thank you. I would however like an integrity scan.
Kernel Butler: Right away sir. Anything for Mrs. Backup?
Backup: No thank you. I just got all my bits redone at the BZip2 fitness center. I've been trying to watch my size and nothing's been working until -
Document: Oh, do be quiet. You've been prattling on about your size for ages. Nothing's wrong with size. I've just cleared 1MB and I'm none the worse for it.
Kernel Butler: Anything else, sir or madame?
Document: No, that will be all.
Kernel Butler: Thank you. I will schedule your scan immediately, sir. Goodnight.

Re:What about the rest of us?

[Thanshin]

Very cool stuff, but the rest of us who don't own mines don't really benefit from this solution. TFA says the mine layout and the underground lake are an "anomaly" of nature to begin with. We need solutions for "normal" data centers.

Ah, the classic Dwarven Fortress "Your build only works with an underground lake, a magma river and a giant spider inhabited chasm" problem.

I suggest the classic Dwarven Fortress solution: "Select your site based on the natural elements and build the artificial ones." Oh and also "Don't let workers bring cats to the data center."

Re:What about the rest of us?

[vvaduva]

It sounds like you may have a personal cat-data center story. :) Care to share, or did the cat suffer a tragic end in the turbine blades of a cooling rack?

Re:Experimental Room 48

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Iron Mountain HR doesn't know exactly why they must automatically hire any comp sci. PhDs named "Forbin"; but the order stands.

Re:What about the rest of us?

[WormholeFiend]

Wouldn't it be difficult to hire and retain qualified dwarves, though?

Room 48...

[Bearded Frog]

..Also includes the T-Virus...

Re:Geothermal energy not renewable and cheap.

[Jazz-Masta]

They should pump heat back into the ground in summer

This is why man invented global warming.

Re:What about the rest of us?

[Thanshin]

The most interesting part is where does one get the magma in Iron Mountain they use to kill off thier nobles^H^H^H^H^H^Hmanagers?

"And so we reach Experimental Room 49. Dr. John Hammerer, you may get inside. Would you please press the red button with the big red 'DON'T TOUCH' text. Thank you."

"And now, dear team, as carp infested water fills the chamber I suggest you to think about the consecuences of nobility and promotion."

Re:iron mountain facility

[The Archon V2.0]

Always wondered who and how they plan out which direction they use to cut new rooms.

Computerized simulations. Right now they have a massive military force built up just in case they hit adamantine and follow the vein to a glowing pit.

Re:iron mountain facility

[amasiancrasian]

I actually like the office that the Vice President of Engineering has. Wouldn't it be much fun to walk into an underground lair to work every day?

Re:What about the rest of us?

[Aeros]

carp...killer carp?

Re:What about the rest of us?

[nhytefall]

with lasers on their heads....