Data Centers Are Facing a Climate Crisis
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[Data Centers Are Facing a Climate Crisis | WIRED UK](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/data-centers-climate-change) When record temperatures wracked the UK in late July, Google Cloud’s data centers in London went offline for a day, due to cooling failures. The impact wasn’t limited to those near the center: That particular location services customers in the US and Pacific region, with outages limiting their access to key Google services for hours. Oracle’s cloud-based data center in the capital was also struck down by the heat, causing outages for US customers. Oracle blamed “unseasonal temperatures” for the blackout. Cloud evaporates ?
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We are in the beginning of a mass extinction. - Greta Thunberg
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[Data Centers Are Facing a Climate Crisis | WIRED UK](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/data-centers-climate-change) When record temperatures wracked the UK in late July, Google Cloud’s data centers in London went offline for a day, due to cooling failures. The impact wasn’t limited to those near the center: That particular location services customers in the US and Pacific region, with outages limiting their access to key Google services for hours. Oracle’s cloud-based data center in the capital was also struck down by the heat, causing outages for US customers. Oracle blamed “unseasonal temperatures” for the blackout. Cloud evaporates ?
Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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To paraphrase Monty Python, "Nobody expects high temperatures". Given your location maybe you could offer them some space in your shed. :laugh:
Even better if he has two sheds!
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Even better if he has two sheds!
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Shed? shredder you mean :-\
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[Data Centers Are Facing a Climate Crisis | WIRED UK](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/data-centers-climate-change) When record temperatures wracked the UK in late July, Google Cloud’s data centers in London went offline for a day, due to cooling failures. The impact wasn’t limited to those near the center: That particular location services customers in the US and Pacific region, with outages limiting their access to key Google services for hours. Oracle’s cloud-based data center in the capital was also struck down by the heat, causing outages for US customers. Oracle blamed “unseasonal temperatures” for the blackout. Cloud evaporates ?
Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
I'm curious...isn't that actually caused by the electric grid not being able to support the electrical need? The first sentence in that story doesn't even support the click-bait headline: "When record temperatures wracked the UK in late July, Google Cloud’s data centers in London went offline for a day, due to cooling failures." Wait, what? Here's the data: 1 - record temperatures 2 - data centers in London went offline for 1 day 3 - cooling failures But, cooling failures just mean that the A/C units weren't getting power, right? So, since they A/C units didn't get power the data centers overheated -- they might do this even without any outside temps. So, really it was cooling failures that caused the problems, not necessarily record temperatures. sure, the coolers were probably running more, consuming more electricity. Maybe the grid couldn't supply the demand? But that's another problem altogether, right? I'm just thinking about the actual data & what happened. I know there may be a lot of angry posts in response. Just curious about these kind of headlines that don't altogether add up. :rolleyes:
