Related to Robert's comments, there have been a number of reports on Google buying up land surrounding both Hydro plants in the NW as well as 2 massive sites in North Carolina
PBS's Robert X. Cringley wrote a piece on their activities.. "Why would Google need two data centers in a state with only four million residents? Why would they need to buy 520 acres in a Goose Creek industrial park when that's probably 100 times as much land as any conceivable data center would require? Google is building a LOT of data centers. The company appears to be as attracted to cheap and reliable electric power as it is to population proximity. In Goose Creek they bought those 520 acres from the local state-owned electric utility, which probably answers the land question posed above. By buying out all the remaining building sites in an industrial park owned by an electric utility, Google guarantees itself a vast and uninterruptible supply of power, much as it has done in Oregon by building a data center next to a hydroelectric dam or back here again in Columbia by building near a nuclear power station." So while I agree with Robert that the increasing cost of electricity product is going in impact those in Data Infrastructure, Google are investing for the future and I suspect their foresight will result in a significant competitive edge in the near future. It says something when you need a Nuclear plant to power your operations (o; Its also worth noting that the google founders are early investors in Nanosolar which plans to produce plastic sheets you can lay out on the roof of your house and harvest solar power: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-5749586-7.html /pauric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31262 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
