eBay to launch new data centre in Arizona

Business Technology Leadership (Dec 2 2011) Power and Cooling , Servers

1. Temperatures in Phoenix, Arizona - one of the most arid places in the US - routinely exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). That's about the opposite of the typical cool-weather environments companies often choose to build data centers. But in about two weeks, eBay will formally open its latest data center there, a facility the company hopes will be used for as long as 20 years. "Who would want to build a data centre in Phoenix?" asked Mike Lewis, director of eBay's Mission Critical Engineering. "Yes, it's hot." EBay already has a facility next to the latest data center, which was a project "Mercury," said Lewis, who spoke at the DatacenterDynamics conference in London on Wednesday. It started with a two-floor warehouse that was intended to store and test equipment for the existing Tier 4 data centre next door. But that facility was filling up, "so we decided ... (Read Full Article)

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