“So what happens if the weather gets hot? On those days, Google says it will turn off equipment as needed in Belgium and shift computing load to other data centers.”

“The ability to seamlessly shift workloads between data centers also creates intriguing long-term energy management possibilities, including a “follow the moon” strategy which takes advantage of lower costs for power and cooling during overnight hours. In this scenario, virtualized workloads are shifted across data centers in different time zones to capture savings from off-peak utility rates.”

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/07/15/googles-chiller-less-data-center/

Crafty, those Google heads……Now, if they can do it, why not the rest of us?

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