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Check out these data centers in a box from wired..
They remind me of those storage bins you can rent, fill up and they'll take them away.
This week, Microsoft said it planned to expand the site over the next 16 months, making its total investment in Boydton just a hair under $1 billion. Microsoft says the site will include both regular old data center buildings as well as some of these cool modules, which the company calls ITPACs.
They remind me of those storage bins you can rent, fill up and they'll take them away.
It’s an energy efficient design that Microsoft has shared with the United Nations for use in an energy efficient office in Nairobi, Kenya.
These mini datacenters-in-a-box let Microsoft gradually build out its facilities without making a huge upfront investment and — bonus — cut down on building costs. A single person can build one of these units in just four days, Microsoft says. That means that the company can ramp up its servers in about half the time it takes in traditional datacenters.