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The New York Times Says Data Centers Suck — But Here’s What They Missed

September 25, 2012 /

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When The New York Times published the first part of its sweeping investigative report on the state of the world’s data centers http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/technology/data-centers-waste-vast-amounts-of-energy-belying-industry-image.html?pagewanted=all&_moc.semityn.www , it led with a six-year-old story about Facebook dispatching engineers to local Walgreens stores in a desperate bid to cool down the 40- by 60-foot rental that was home to the company’s servers.

The report — which ran on the front page of the paper this Sunday, above the fold — then proceeded to describe an extremely wasteful industry that’s "sharply at odds with its image of sleek efficiency and environmental friendliness."

By Robert McMillan

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/09/the-big-data-digital-divide/