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AOL: Outdoor Server Huts Are the Future

Posted by timothy on from the would-look-good-on-the-cover-of-2600 dept.

1sockchuck writes "While Facebook and Apple are investing in huge data cathedrals, AOL has decided to go in a different direction: a distributed network of rack-sized server huts that live outdoors. AOL is taking the concept for its unmanned data center and shrinking it into a 'micro data center.' AOL envisions a distributed network of these units, allowing it to quickly roll out new IT capacity for hyperlocal news sites and create its own content distribution network."

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  1. Re:CBG by drinkypoo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Humidity traps for these systems are readily available. They don't work amazingly well, but they do remove a notable amount of the moisture from the air in question.

    Well which is it? Either they don't work well, or they do.

    Well which is it? Either you own a dictionary or... well, I see you don't.

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