On: Too Hot for Humans, But Google Servers Keep Hummin...

[DanBC]

I'm interested in how much "efficiency" can be built in to new data centres.

Is it possible to use the waste heat for other purposes? Would painting the roof white make any difference?

[mjwalshe → DanBC]

at one of BT's Datacetres one hot summer we played water hoses on the roof to increase cooling via evaporation