http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/servers-in-space-the-future-of-data-centers/ A SearchEnterpriseLinux.com blog Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:36:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/servers-in-space-the-future-of-data-centers/#comment-4177 TechAxcess » Servers in Space- A New Frontier for Data Centers Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:01:06 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/?p=806#comment-4177 [...] As we’re all well aware, power is one of the most significant expenditures in any given data center – and as it just so happens, one of the greatest advantages to situating a server outside of Earth’s orbit is the sheer amount of power available to a server equipped with a solar array. We’re talking billions upon billions of Watts, all of which could easily be captured and converted to spare power with the right equipment. A speculative model, known as Server Sky, was planned out back in 2009 by an engineer named Keith Lofstrom. [...]

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