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The Fjord-Cooled Data Center

Posted by samzenpus on from the norwegian-blue dept.

1sockchuck writes "A new data center project in Norway plans to use a fjord-powered cooling system, drawing cold water from an adjacent fjord to cool data halls. The fjord provides a ready supply of water at 8 degrees C (46 degrees F), eliminating the need for an energy-hungry chiller. The Green Mountain Data Center joins a small but growing number of data centers are slashing their cooling costs by using the environment as their chiller, tapping nearby lakes, wells and even the Baltic Sea."

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  1. New life to be found by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hydrothermal datacenter vent creatures...

    1. Re:New life to be found by GeneralTurgidson · · Score: 5, Funny

      We call those Interns around here

  2. Hitchhikers Reference by riboch · · Score: 5, Funny

    As long as they do not destroy Slartibartfast's fjords then I am "cool" with it.

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  3. Re:Queue the screams of hysteria by Whiteox · · Score: 5, Funny

    (PS... Want to buy some bütter?)

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