Recently the BBC posted an article about how the grow in Irish data centers (or "centres" for the Brits) is causing a possible power crises. See "Can we make the internet less power-thirsty?" (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64429819). Sounds like a great opportunity for IBM to highlight the sustainability of large numbers of Linux on z servers running on a z16 box. Hopefully somebody at IBM is taking a hard look at this now.
And the Brits seem to get it: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He points out that using the term "cloud" is highly misleading, as it is "a very physical thing". The cloud does not float in the atmosphere, it consists of computer servers with a vast appetite for electricity. The Irish example highlights how a combination of environmental concerns and worries about capacity in the grid have triggered a race to save the reputation of the data centre industry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DJ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
