In a win win this company cools datacenters by heating community pools
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Swimming pools are spending huge sums of money on heating, and datacenter operators spend huge sums on cooling, by working together this is a win win. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
US spy agencies prepare to build DNA computers and molecular storage systems
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Storing and processing huge amounts of data requires huge power hungry hyperscale datacenters, which could all be replaced with DNA and Molecular computers the size of a table, powered by a car battery. This week Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), a group within...
Microsoft experiments with underwater datacenters
The oceans are home to coral reefs, ship wrecks and now – datacenters Continuing its long tradition of datacenter experimentation in the name of efficiency, Microsoft announced it has been testing an unusual new datacenter concept – placing servers underwater out in the ocean. Close to half of today’s society...
