Hacker News
- FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/fedex-to-close-data-centers-retire-all-mainframes-by-2024-saving-400m/ 559 comments
- Running BGP in Data Centers at Scale https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi21/presentation/abhashkumar 2 comments
- Running BGP in large-scale data centers https://engineering.fb.com/2021/05/13/data-center-engineering/bgp/ 40 comments
- Building a data center in a nuclear fallout shelter https://blog.online.net/2016/08/23/c14-story-part-1-meet-our-nuclear-fallout-shelter/ 23 comments
- This Is How You Handle Data Center Security http://blog.virtacore.com/blog/2010/7/26/this-is-how-you-handle-data-center-security.html 15 comments
- Room to grow: a Twitter data center http://engineering.twitter.com/2010/07/room-to-grow-twitter-data-center.html 4 comments
- Twitter Will Get Its Own Data Center http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/04/16/twiter-will-get-its-own-data-center/ 3 comments
- Three people in critical condition from Google data center 'electrical incident' https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/google-electrical-incident-injures-3-17360321.php 69 comments
- Google's Chiller-Less Data Center http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/07/15/googles-chiller-less-data-center/ 20 comments
Lobsters
- Why the data center needs an operating system http://radar.oreilly.com/2014/12/why-the-data-center-needs-an-operating-system.html 3 comments api , distributed
- Directly beneath UNRWA’s Gaza headquarters, IDF uncovers top secret Hamas data center https://www.timesofisrael.com/directly-beneath-unrwas-gaza-headquarters-idf-uncovers-top-secret-hamas-data-center/ 437 comments worldnews
- 'A mini data center village under the sea' — China sinks tens of thousands of powerful servers in fresh seawater as it grapples with demand for more power https://www.techradar.com/pro/a-mini-data-center-village-under-the-sea-china-sinks-tens-of-thousands-of-powerful-servers-in-fresh-seawater-as-it-grapples-with-demand-for-more-power 99 comments technology
- Nokia Bell Labs Selected to Develop Energy-Efficient Data Center Technologies https://njbmagazine.com/njb-news-now/nokia-bell-labs-selected-to-develop-energy-efficient-data-center-technologies/ 3 comments technology
- US Renewable Energy Services Provider Sets Up $2.4Billion Data Center https://cryptocrunchapp.com/news/us-renewable-energy-services-provider-sets-up-2billion-data-center/ 5 comments cryptocurrency
- Behind the scenes of the night our transformer shutdown in our data center https://blog.scaleway.com/behind-the-scenes-of-the-night-our-transformer-shut-down-in-our-data-center/ 11 comments sre
- Google to spend $7 billion in 2021 on US offices, data centers https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-to-spend-7-billion-in-2021-on-us-offices-data-centers/ 23 comments business
- Nvidia reports Q3 beats with record Gaming, Data Center sales and upside forecast https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/jwpbv5/nvidia_reports_q3_beats_with_record_gaming_data/ 18 comments investing
- Question for people who have been in a data center or work at one? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/bk8ol8/question_for_people_who_have_been_in_a_data/ 12 comments india
- It's looking like all recent Intels CPU have a severe bug and the patches are slowing down data center servers by 30%. This will the server world upside down https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/7nq97p/its_looking_like_all_recent_intels_cpu_have_a/ 44 comments investing
- Hydrogen could transform the way your car is fueled - “The DOE's Alternative Fuels Data Center says that the only emissions from hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles are water vapor and warm air.” https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/13/hydrogen-could-transform-the-way-your-car-is-fueled.html 4 comments technology
- Microsoft buys north San Jose land, expanding data centers and bringing new jobs to Silicon Valley http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/29/exclusive-microsoft-buys-north-san-jose-land-campus-eyed/ 8 comments microsoft
- Analyzing NBA data with R [1]: Are Centers Under-Valued? https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/6oxiik/analyzing_nba_data_with_r_1_are_centers/ 6 comments nba
- Bridgestone modernizes data center, hauls out 13 tons of copper wire http://www.computerworld.com/article/3194275/data-center/bridgestone-modernizes-data-center-hauls-out-13-tons-of-copper-wire.html 12 comments technology
- Project Natick : Microsoft's underwater data center http://www.projectnatick.com/ 40 comments technology
- Microsoft Wants To Bring Azure To Your Data Center http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/04/microsoft-wants-to-bring-azure-to-your-data-center/ 6 comments microsoft
- Pirate Bay Holdout Still Holds 40 “Illegal Sites”, Lawyer Says: The anti-piracy outfit behind the raid of TPB says that dozens of "illegal services" are still operating in the same data center http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-holdout-still-holds-40-illegal-sites-lawyer-says-141213/ 2 comments technology
- Rackspace Intros Dedicated Servers That Behave Just Like Cloud VMs | Data Center Knowledge http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/06/19/rackspace-intros-dedicated-servers-behave-just-like-cloud-vms/ 5 comments sysadmin
- An interesting read on how it takes more energy to power an iPhone than a refrigerator. Takes into account a user's fair share of all the energy that is consumed by the mobile device (cell towers, data centers, WiFi networks, and so on). http://www.geek.com/mobile/your-iphone-could-use-more-energy-than-a-refrigerator-1567814/ 9 comments apple
- Utah Springs Surprise Tax On Massive NSA Data Center http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/05/nsa-tax/ 39 comments technology
- Google Flushes Heat From Data Center With Toilet Water http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/03/google-sewer-water/ 19 comments technology
- Google signs 20-year deal to power data centers with wind energy. http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/20/google-signs-20-year-deal-to-power-data-centers-with-wind-energy/ 6 comments reddit.com
- Map of all Google data center locations http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/04/11/map-of-all-google-data-center-locations/ 5 comments technology
- US data center catches fire, 9000 servers down http://www.intology.com/computers-internet/us-data-center-catches-fire-9000-servers-down/ 104 comments technology
- Nokia today announced that it will supply IP Telecom with optical networking equipment to extend the operator’s data center cloud connectivity infrastructure among metro areas in Portugal. Another one ☝️ https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2022/01/17/nokia-partners-with-ip-telecom-to-deliver-quantum-safe-data-center-connectivity/ 7 comments wallstreetbets
- According to data from the Center for Responsive Politics, since 2014, Facebook has contributed a total of $641,685 to the members of Congress that Zuckerberg is facing this week https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17219930/facebook-campaign-contributions-mark-zuckerberg-congress-donations 7 comments politics
- Utah Considers Cutting Off Water to the NSA's Monster Data Center http://www.wired.com/2014/11/utah-considers-cutting-water-nsas-monster-data-center/ 12 comments privacy
- Mobile cloud sucks power grid harder than data centers: Wi-Fi and broadband cellular will produce more CO2 in 2015 than 4.9M new cars. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/mobile-cloud-sucks-power-grid-harder-than-data-centers/ 8 comments technology
- 93% of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or more due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year of the disaster. Of those companies, 50% filed for bankruptcy immediately. http://lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/?p=195 35 comments technology
- A picture of what is likely to go on within the walls of the NSA's new Utah Data Center has come into focus with recently leaked documents on NSA surveillance, combined with prior revelations, building specifics, information from defense contractors and hints dropped by top NSA brass. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56515678-78/data-nsa-http-www.html.csp 5 comments privacy
- I love the future: Cloud servers could heat your home for free, and remove all the costs of cooling large data centers. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/business/data-furnaces-could-bring-heat-to-homes.html?ref=technology 14 comments technology