The shape of datacentres to come: greener, leaner and, much, much bigger

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The datacentres of the future will need to be markedly more energy efficient, while corporate computing needs will increasingly be split between essential applications managed in-house and applications delivered 'in the cloud'

Deep in the heart of Oregon, on the outskirts of a small town called Prineville, sits one of the world’s most sophisticated datacentres. It doesn’t do much that could be called “mission critical...

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