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images/news/microsoft.jpgMicrosoft's new Redmond Ridge 1 facility, at 57,000 square feet, will eventually take the place of the server labs currently operating on the company's main campus just down the road. According to Microsoft's Environmental Sustainability Blog, the new facility will use one-third less energy than those server labs, delivering "overall carbon savings of 12,000 metric tons per year."
By the time Redmond Ridge 1 operates at full capacity, predicted by Microsoft to be spring 2010, it will host 35,000 servers within self-contained pods. "Each Pod has an individual Uninterrupted Power Source (UPS) and rooftop air handler, direct network connectivity and dynamic generator backup," says the blog. "A state-of-the-art cooling design that relies on evaporative coolers and basic physics to cool the facility—instead of chillers—helps drive much of the reduction in energy for the facility."
The facility's servers will leverage Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V, so that testers and developers can access the machines they need from locations either on Redmond's main campus or around the world.
Eweek (some really cool pics)
By the time Redmond Ridge 1 operates at full capacity, predicted by Microsoft to be spring 2010, it will host 35,000 servers within self-contained pods. "Each Pod has an individual Uninterrupted Power Source (UPS) and rooftop air handler, direct network connectivity and dynamic generator backup," says the blog. "A state-of-the-art cooling design that relies on evaporative coolers and basic physics to cool the facility—instead of chillers—helps drive much of the reduction in energy for the facility."
The facility's servers will leverage Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V, so that testers and developers can access the machines they need from locations either on Redmond's main campus or around the world.
Eweek (some really cool pics)
