Microsoft server labs going from offices to remote, green building

TechFlash (Sep 9 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling

1. Microsoft's engineers have always liked to keep their servers for testing and building software close at hand, in the buildings where they work. But the company has begun to change that practice -- opening a new facility eight miles from its main campus where it plans to shift much of that computing workload. The company says it wants to save energy, and space, by consolidating the servers into one facility designed from the ground up to be efficient. Old-school Microsofties might be tempted to drive to the facility to fiddle with their servers in person, but the new setup is meant to let them restart, administer, test and debug servers using remote management tools, from the main campus or anywhere else. (Read Full Article)

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