Keeping all of Google online is a hard job, but a fascinating one. So we talked to Benjamin Treynor Sloss, the guy who has to do that for a living. We have also interviewed David Gauthier, the person behind Microsoft’s data center strategy, AWS’ Ian Massingham and Facebook’s Delfina Eberly, to learn what makes these companies tick.
This cover feature is a story about giants, and the cost of operating at immense scale. Elsewhere in the magazine, we take a deep dive into the world of cooling, with a special supplement analyzing the hottest markets and the coolest solutions.
Did you know that there’s a great refrigerant shortage? Or that heat can be sent into space? How about using hot water to cool supercomputers?
We also take a look at cloud high availability versus 2N resiliency, discuss how robots and open source technologies are saving retailers, and chart the rise of Funke Opeke, the CEO of MainOne, a company that is intent on bringing West Africa online.
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Bringing West Africa online, one step at a time
MainOne CEO Funke Opeke discusses her plan to build a connected Nigeria
The great refrigerant shortage
Unintended consequences arise from greenhouse gas-busting EU regulations
2N versus hybrid resilience
Build it in the cloud, or double up? Neither approach is infallible
Getting into hot water
The story of how SuperMUC pioneered hot water cooling, and how the technology could be used to make supercomputers a thousandfold denser
Reinventing retail
Robots and open source software lead a shopping revolution
A new cooling frontier
Take advantage of a scientific phenomenon: send heat into space
The hottest and coolest markets
These locations are hotbeds of activity, defining the industry’s approaches to cooling
Powering the golden state
The California Energy Commission talks about a renewable future
And more!
We have more on cooling, open source software, more stories from the world of DCD, and the latest in industry news
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