5 FACTS YOU DID’NT KNOW ABOUT SERVER FARMS

FACEBOOK’S MASSIVE ARCTIC SEVER FARM

• It was built on the edge of the Arctic Circle in Northern Sweden. This server farm is able to let go of air conditioning for cooling and instead just use fresh Arctic air.

PERFORMANCE

• The performance of the largest server farms (thousands of CPUs and up) typically relies on the performance of the data center’s cooling systems and the total electricity cost rather than by the performance of the processors themselves. Computers in server farms run 24/7, and consume a lot of electricity.

HEAT FROM THE SERVERS

• It can be used to help heat buildings in cold climates, thus reducing the energy consumption of conventional heaters.

• A large data center has a capacity to use as much electricity as a small town in United States

GREEN COMPUTING

• According to Green Computing, data centers older than 7 years are considered out of date. However, in practice the average life of a data center is considered to be 9 years

World’s Biggest Data Center

• The world’s biggest data center is based in Chicago, and is backed up by 53 generators. It utilizes 8.5 million gallons of cooling fluid per year. It is 1.1 million square fit in size and was converted to telecom use back in 1999

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