1. Global server farms around the world

    Telegraph.co.uk Solar , Servers
    Global server farms around the world
    Dalles, Oregon (Google) Built in 2006, this was one of the first server farms to be built ‘from the ground up’, at a cost of £375m ($600m). Situated close to the 2000MW Dalles Dam on the Columbia River, it has the benefits of green, reliable power, and temperatures varying between 30F (-1C) in Winter and highs of 88F (31C) in summer. Prineville, Oregon (Facebook) Facebook opened its first self-built server farm here on October 19, using an air-cooling system to reduce power usage. Nonetheless, Facebook has been criticised by Greenpeace because the power it does use if 63pc coal generated.
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