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Google reveals “secret” server design

I love this stuff. Note the efficiencies:

Since air conditioning is extremely power-hungry, efficient separation of hot and cold air is essential. It looks like they move all of the hot air to channels along the outside walls of the shipping container, leaving only the center air-conditioned. That way, cold air doesn’t need to run along the exterior walls in hot weather.

Those Google people are smart.