Yahoo Spreads its Wings with 'Chicken Coop' Data Center

in.reuters.com (Sep 20 2010) Power and Cooling , Hydro , Servers

1. Yahoo's latest data center, which we first wrote about earlier this year, brings the decidedly low-tech ideas of chicken farming to the server farm, and showcases the big green potential of small ideas. The "Yahoo Computing Coop" is based on the principles of chicken coop design: A series of long, tall buildings aligned along the path of the prevailing winds, the Coop is able to harness those winds for free cooling for most of the year, much as chicken farmers use the wind to clear out the smells of hundreds or thousands of chickens. (Read Full Article)

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