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by tshtf 3761 days ago
> cool and controlled temperatures

Controlled, but likely not cool:

http://www.geek.com/chips/googles-most-efficient-data-center...

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Google's data centers are definitely not cool (in the temperature sense). That was one of the big reveals about the original disk paper since Google runs things hotter, the drives experienced a much hotter environment but their bit error rates were not hugely affected.