Joker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agoMicrosoft builds first datacenters with wood to slash carbon emissionsnews.microsoft.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down135file-text
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minus-squareCryan24@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·8 days agoSo lots of heat plus combustible material… That sounds like a winning idea to me.
minus-squareBlemgo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-28 days agoIf memory serves right, one of Germany’s datacenters went up in flames a few years ago because they had wooden flooring and no adequate fire suppression systems. EDIT: it was in France, and Europe’s biggest datacenter.
minus-squareBlemgo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoAh, seems to be right, my bad. Also, to correct myself a bit more: it was Europe’s biggest datacenter.
So lots of heat plus combustible material… That sounds like a winning idea to me.
If memory serves right, one of Germany’s datacenters went up in flames a few years ago because they had wooden flooring and no adequate fire suppression systems.
EDIT: it was in France, and Europe’s biggest datacenter.
It was OVH in France
Ah, seems to be right, my bad.
Also, to correct myself a bit more: it was Europe’s biggest datacenter.