Posted on 10/22/2020 4:14:42 PM PDT by srmanuel
Microsoft Azure just announced a new design for modular, portable data centers. Azure is the company's cloud computing service, used by big names including Boeing, eBay, and Samsung.
The Azure Modular Datacenter (MDC) is designed to work just about anywhere, including nontraditional areas where cloud computing previously wouldn't have been possible. Data centers are the "backbone of the Internet," where data and photos from the cloud are physically stored
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
“The I.E.E.E. (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) had an article in the 1980’s where they reported that high tech firms in San Francisco were using rolls of microfiche attached to the feet of carrier pigeons for large data transfers within the city and surrounding areas. This was at a time when modems were connected to phone lines for the highest data transfer rates.”
How do you transfer computer data using. microfiche?
They also recently tested self-contained data centers in cargo containers that were put underwater for two years. The idea was to lower real estate costs and take advantage of the natural cooling.
Microsoft finds underwater datacenters are reliable, practical and use energy sustainably
https://news.microsoft.com/innovation-stories/project-natick-underwater-datacenter/
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