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| Thread ID: 103964 | 2009-10-12 06:47:00 | Iceland wants to 'serve' the world - with computer servers | Misty (368) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 819702 | 2009-10-12 06:47:00 | news.bbc.co.uk Misty :illogical |
Misty (368) | ||
| 819703 | 2009-10-12 07:05:00 | news.bbc.co.uk Misty :illogical Good idea if it can work and make a profit. |
convair (13650) | ||
| 819704 | 2009-10-12 07:11:00 | What will be very interesting is if they are somehow able to use the heat generated from those servers to heat houses, schools etc. Maybe some sort of heat exchanger, or building a datacentre next to a school and ducting the air from the datacentre directly into classrooms. | somebody (208) | ||
| 819705 | 2009-10-12 07:22:00 | They have geothermal energy in Iceland anyway. www.husafell.is |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 819706 | 2009-10-12 08:11:00 | What will be very interesting is if they are somehow able to use the heat generated from those servers to heat houses, schools etc. Maybe some sort of heat exchanger, or building a datacentre next to a school and ducting the air from the datacentre directly into classrooms. They don't need to every building has free geo thermal heating, that's for the whole country |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 819707 | 2009-10-12 08:51:00 | Financing it could be a bit iffy. The only banks working there at the moment have a slot in the top for deposits I hear. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 819708 | 2009-10-12 10:11:00 | Having a single "data hub" is a scary thing. Too reliant on one geographical location is a very scary thing. A terrorist attack or a natural disaster would cripple 80% of the world in one hit. That is too much of a risk for mankind to take. |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 819709 | 2009-10-12 12:15:00 | Along with what Cato said, Iceland is geographically too far for most countries to actually benefit from having servers located in Iceland. NZ for e.g. would start experiencing such high ping times that any savings would be rendered useless. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 819710 | 2009-10-12 18:15:00 | I wouldn't trust Iceland after their banking fiasco. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 819711 | 2009-10-12 19:35:00 | Maybe Air NZ can use them.. | paulw (1826) | ||
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