OpenUK
12th November 2021
With a few notable exceptions, data centres are typically huge and sprawling warehouses; the great humming engines of a world for which compute and connectivity are now lifeblood. A new project revealed today by non-profit OpenUK reimagines them for a world desperately needing to tackle climate change, with its “Patchwork Kilt” collaboration proposing a network of “edge” data centres, powered by 5G, sited in previously derelict building stock and underpinned by a robust “circular economy” approach to hardware.
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The Stack
Published: 12 Nov 2021
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