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Microsoft Puts Datacenter In a Barn

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ei-ei-o dept.

aesoteric writes "Microsoft has announced that it will open a new datacenter in Washington State housed in a 'modern' barn-like structure that is 'virtually transparent to ambient outdoor conditions'. It was not the first time Microsoft had toyed with the idea of a datacenter without walls. In September 2008, it successfully ran a stack of HP servers in a tent for seven months, apparently with no failures."

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  1. Re:interns by flaming+error · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least it's a stable job.

  2. no failures? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In September 2008, it successfully ran a stack of HP servers in a tent for seven months, apparently with no failures.

    So they weren't actually running microsoft software on those servers?