Google's Belgium data center: Hold the chillers

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Thu, 07/16/2009 - 10:35am

Google has ditched the chillers at its Belgium data center in the name to lower power consumption. Data Center Knowledge’s Rich Miller has a good overview of Google latest data center creation: Rather than using chillers part-time, the company has eliminated them entirely in its data center near Saint-Ghislain, Belgium, which began operating in late 2008 and [...]


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