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HP's New Data Center Cooled By Glacial Wind
Arvisp writes with this snippet about HP's recently completed datacenter in northeast England, which utilizes the glacial wind blowing off the North Sea to lower temperatures of IT equipment and plant rooms: "The Wynyard takes in the cool air, filters it accordingly and collects it in the management system and is then forced over the front of the server racks before it is exhausted. The result is a hall with a constant temperature of 24C. When the winds become even colder than usual, the exhausted heat is mixed with the outside air to maintain temperatures."
Canada exporting cold (in whatever form) to California.
24C is 75F. That sounds like a wonderful place to work, as long as you don't have to go outside. :)
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
Bad news for the story writer - global warming is so far advanced that the North Sea is no longer glaciated.
And the land bridge between England and France has been swept away by the melt water!
It could also mean a very slow-moving wind...
Given the site's proximity to Middlesbrough, I'm sure there will be plenty of local expertise in air filtration.
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They all died trying.