Yahoo's "Chicken Coop" Data Center Design 111
1sockchuck writes "Yahoo has come up with a data center design called the Yahoo Computing Coop, which it says will make its new data center in Lockport, NY one of the most efficient on earth. The design features 120-foot by 60-foot metal prefabricated facilities with louvers on the side to support free cooling, and a peaked roof to manage the release of waste heat from the hot aisle. Chief Yahoo David Filo said the name was adopted 'because it looks like something chickens live in.' The $150 million data center in Western New York, which was announced earlier today, will run on cheap hydro power from the Niagara River."
Hot Air (Score:1, Interesting)
But when you start getting power from the falls, you might be all washed up.
Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week. Tip your Waitress.
um...grats? (Score:2, Interesting)
I'm rather mystified that there's still interest in Yahoo. Although I'm aware that their hand-edited, directory-like coverage is actually popular in countries that use non-ascii character sets, Yahoo's search results haven't seemed competitive to me since '97.
Honestly, I'm not trying to troll; just wondering why a site that's stagnated for over 10 years now needs anything cutting-edge.
Anyone still using them? Have any insights why we ought to care what they're up to?
Will this Yahoo idea live up to the hype? (Score:3, Interesting)
I certainly hope it does. You see, I have doubts on the viability of whatever Yahoo does. A company that shuts down three services in less than 8 months (Y!Live, Jumpcut and Maven Networks), you begin to wonder whether they know what they are doing.
On my mail account, Yahoo have decided to make it more bloated with Facebook/Twitter like services while requiring money to mark more than 500 addresses as spam addresses. By the way, you cannot redirect mail from a Yahoo account or access it via POP3 without shelling out cash. Insane with the likes of free Gmail out there.
I have also noticed that Yahoo search is capturing any invalid URLs I enter into the Google search page...adding to my agony and dislike of the company. If I want to search, I know where to go. Bottom line, Yahoo do not know what they are doing in my not so humble opinion.
Re:um...grats? (Score:3, Interesting)
I personally like http://finance.yahoo.com/ [yahoo.com] much better than http://finance.google.com/ [google.com]. The portfolio, quote and chart information is much better with yahoo.
Additionally, instant messaging. Why should I pick a platform/protocol/client that none of my friends or family use? I guess I could spend plenty of time getting them to switch, however, then they in turn have to convince their friends/family to convert as well.
Google is great at search, but beyond that.. not that much else attracts me to it from an application point of view. Someone once said, "Google is a method of getting somewhere, Yahoo is a destination."
Re:Hot Air (Score:2, Interesting)
Microsoft has been building these for 2 years.
Everybody will be, 2 years from now.
Re:Hot Air (Score:2, Interesting)