How Rackable saves power with impeller fans


Rackable Systems had their Ice Cube modular data center on display at the supercomputing conference this week. I didn't get to see it at IDF when it was parked outside so I grabbed a few photos and inspected the data center as it was parked in the corner of the convention center. Pictured left is the back of the Ice Cube trailer.
The trailer has 1400U of half-depth rack space and can house 11200 CPU cores using dual-processor quad-core servers.
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The fact that the Ice Box can sit outside can often mean you can get free cold air in many parts of the country. Each server is powered by DC which further saves you power since you don't need to convert AC into DC multiple times.
Microsoft and others have been contemplating the possibility of just using modular trucks instead of building extremely expensive datacenters.
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