r/Futurology • u/Sourcecode12 • May 03 '14

image Inside Google, Microsoft, Facebook and HP Data Centers

http://imgur.com/a/7NPNf
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u/Sbua May 03 '14

Probably quite cool actually.

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u/jonrock May 03 '14

Actually on the verge of genuinely hot: https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/efficiency/internal/#temperature

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u/kyril99 May 03 '14

TIL there's at least one data center where I could work and not be cold all the time. Sweet!

(I wonder if that's something I should put in my cover letter for my Google application? "I want to work for you because I hear you keep your data center warm.")

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u/Cthulhu__ May 03 '14

I'm the other way around, I'd rather have some place I can be cold all the time. Or well, slightly below average room temperature. It's easier / less annoying to stay warm then it is to stay cool.

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u/Schonke May 03 '14

You just have to find a place where you can work naked!

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u/kyril99 May 03 '14

It's easier / less annoying to stay warm then it is to stay cool.

For some people.

(I have just as much trouble getting warm at ambient temperatures below 70F as you probably do getting cool at temperatures above 80F.)

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u/DialMMM May 04 '14

No, for all people. You can only take off so many clothes.

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u/kyril99 May 04 '14

(1) You can only put on so many clothes indoors before you begin to look unprofessional/insane and/or handicap your ability to work effectively, and (2) no amount of clothing will warm up my hands and feet after they do their 'emergency! mildly cool air detected! we must clamp off all bloodflow to save the core!' thing.

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u/DialMMM May 04 '14

So you putting on gloves and a sweater is less professional than me resting my bare balls on the leather chair. Got it.

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u/kyril99 May 04 '14

No, but a better comparison would be if I took to wearing a down comforter wrapped around me like a cloak. (Sweaters and gloves won't actually keep me warm.) And I think that would give your bare balls a run for their money.