IT Operations in the South Pole

Over at the IT Pro Australia blog Deeps has a post about the world's most isolated IT operation, and poses the question about server cooling not being an issue.

That reminded me of an article I read recently entitled "Microsoft to build datacentre in icy wastes" - apparently we are building a 10,000 server farm in Siberia.

Cheap/reliable electricity aside, maybe that's why we're building it in Siberia - what better way to save on power costs for cooling than to open a window or crack a door?

:)

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