data centers

Deep Dive: Microsoft Explores Ocean Data Centers

Data centers are regarded as energy hogs by many, and the hope is that renewable power sources can become a cost-effective alternative. Microsoft recently launched Project Natick to find out if data centers located under the ocean could be a viable possibility.

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See Where the Internet Lives—Tour Google's Data Centers

For the first time ever, Google has allowed a controlled virtual peek into the data centers where the servers are located. In addition to photographs that turn servers into works of art, there's also a street view inside tour of the Google data center in Lenoir, North Carolina.

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Pamela Rentz