[/.] Nuke Site Converted Into Green Data Center

Nuke Site Converted Into Green Data Center

1sockchuck writes "If you had 100,000 servers, would you put them on top of a former nuclear fuel facility? One of the world’s largest web hosts, 1&1 Internet, is building a new data center on a site in Hanau, Germany previously used by Siemens to produce mixed oxide rods made from enriched uranium and plutonium. The site has been cleaned up, and 1&1 is converting it into a “green” data center powered by renewable energy and using free cooling to save on air conditioning costs."Read more of this story at Slashdot.