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Cray, Microsoft join forces on cloud datacenters

Matthew Broersma ZDNet UK | March 4, 2010 4:54 AM PST

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Supercomputer maker Cray's custom engineering group has teamed up with Microsoft Research to look into lowering the costs of running cloud-computing datacenters.

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Supercomputer maker Cray's custom engineering group has teamed up with Microsoft Research to look into lowering the costs of running cloud-computing datacenters.

The initiative will make use of the HPC specialist's intellectual property in system design, including high-density packaging, Cray said in its announcement on Tuesday. The partners will also work on efficient power delivery and cooling innovations, with the aim of reducing facility, power and hardware costs.

"The results of the project have the potential to deliver significant cost savings for operating a cloud-computing datacenter," said Cray vice president of custom engineering, Chuck Morreale, in a statement.

Cray and Microsoft are looking to address an area of growing concern — the continuing rise in power usage by datacenters. Gartner has said datacenters account for nearly one quarter of global CO2 emissions from information and communications technology.

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