Facebook To Share Server Designs
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Facebook is citing open source software as the inspiration behind its new initiative to share its technology at its new data center in Prineville, Oregon. The company says that the server energy use at the new facility has been reduced by 38%, while also costing 24% less to build out than its other data centers.
Facebook says that if other data centers across the country were to follow its design, the energy savings would be significant. This is the stated reason behind their decision to share the specifications and mechanical designs for hardware components like motherboards, power supply, server chassis and cabinets, as well as the mechanical and construction designs for the data center including batter back-up systems and passive coding designs. The slimmed-down server design alone saves more than 6 pounds of materials per server.
