I’m long been a big fan of modular data centers using ISO standard Shipping containers as the component building block: Commodity Datacenter Design: http://research.microsoft.com/~jamesrh/TalksAndPapers/JamesRH_CIDR.doc. Commodity Datacenter Design Slides: http://research.microsoft.com/~jamesrh/TalksAndPapers/JamesRH_Amazon.ppt. Containers have revolutionized shipping and are by far the cheapest way to move good over sea, land, rail or truck. I’ve seen them used to house…

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