Biogas To Power Experimental Microsoft Data Center

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 20, 2012 @04:36AM from the wholly-excrement dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes "Microsoft, FuelCell Energy and a collection of local Cheyenne, Wyoming companies are collaborating on a project to supply one of Microsoft's local data centers with biogas, in a bid to determine if what we poop can be turned into power. FuelCell and Microsoft will test a small 200-kilowatt data center with a fuel cell that can produce up to 300 kilowatts in a carbon-neutral manner. Microsoft estimates the total carbon savings at about 1,833 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) per megawatt-hour, compared to a typical fossil fuel plant. Although other data centers rely on biogas as a power source, Microsoft claims this is the first time a biogas source — specifically, a wastewater treatment facility — will be integrated directly with a data center."

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New CEO by Nerdfest · 2012-11-20 04:38 · Score: 3, Funny

So that's what they're planning on doing with Balmer.
1. Re:New CEO by somersault · 2012-11-20 04:39 · Score: 2
  
  Microsoft claims this is the first time a biogas source â" specifically, a wastewater treatment facility â" will be integrated directly with a data center.
  They're definitely taking the piss this time.
  
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  which is totally what she said
2. Re:New CEO by MickyTheIdiot · 2012-11-20 05:01 · Score: 2
  
  The bullshit he spews is enough to run all the MS data centers AND the Google data centers as well.
  Sounds good to me.
The jokes write themselves by sideslash · 2012-11-20 04:40 · Score: 4, Funny

It almost seems cruel to comment.
1. Re:The jokes write themselves by alostpacket · 2012-11-20 06:02 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I just tagged the story "brown" in addition to "green".
  
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