[LINK] Greening ICT

[Michael Still]

Carl Makin wrote:

> Closer to Stil's idea is the "Data Centre in a 20ft Shipping  
> Container" such as Sun's Project Blackbox (http://www.sun.com/products/sunmd/s20/index.jsp 
> ) which fits 8 racks at either 12KW or 25KW average per rack.  The  
> racks run down both sides facing sideways with a cooling unit between  
> each rack sucking the hot air from the rack in front and blowing cold  
> air into the rack behind.  The racks slide into the centre aisle for  
> servicing.  These seem like a great idea until you realise you need  
> another container full of support gear such as a UPS and water  
> chillers (and the cooling tower on the roof) to support it.

I assume noise is also a significant OH&S factor in a container. Its a
small space with a _lot_ of hardware.

Mikal