Vertiv goes against the grain with wooden datacenters for greener bytes Datacenter infrastructure biz Vertiv is offering a wooden version of its prefabricated modular structures, claiming these have a reduced carbon footprint compared to steel alternatives. Vertiv said its TimberMod prefabricated modules are a variant of its existing Power Module and SmartMod products, but use "mass timber" in …
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Even when I get past that, there's no real data exposed (which may mean the eager sales-folk are also under-informed). The walls *appear* to be flat-stacked 2-bys. If 2x12 there is no fire will burn-through before the whole town is consumed; but also not much space inside. If 2x3s, it may burn-through in an hour or so; FWIW the OVHcloud fire was longer than that.
Knowing all this because here in The Pine Tree State we do "mass wood", log cabins (from 4" to 14" logs) and now several types of stacked and plies. Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center Down south like Massachusetts they have "mill construction" and 150 year old mills are still standing (idle/abandoned) because heavy wood only chars.
Environmental control systems malfunction and fail; plumbing and other fluid-carrying piping leaks; water seems to find its way into the insides of many buildings.
My favorite internet/coffee shop had heaters and air conditioning, and was open 24 hours/day, every day. Yet somehow black mold established itself in the underfloor area. The building owners could not afford to remediate the problem, so they sold the building, which was then torn down and the land used for something else.
《"typically refers to joining together layers of wood" So, plywood then?》
My thoughts exactly.
Peddling a large tea chest for your servers. :)
If I recall correctly those tea chests were lined with tinfoil (probably aluminium) which could be a rudimentary Faraday cage.
I think the "Spruce Goose" was also constructed of plywood. Now who does Howard Hughes remind me of today?
The Mosquito too?
Yup. That was one of the remarks led me to wonder about the whole report. Others included not that much harvested wood going into timber because some of it goes into paper making. AFAIK timber for paper making is a fast grown crop, cultivated specifically for the purpose on a regular cropping cycle. Another was mention of allowing part of the crop to rot and part to be burned for energy. Leaving brash - the material that can't be used - to be recycled by natural means is actually good for the environment; it's part of the forest ecosystem and supports a lot of species which would be lost if the felled areas were completely cleared. Burning small wood for energy replaces some need for fossil fuel.
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