Communications of the ACM
Group Seeks to Open Source Data-Center Design
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The recently announced Open Source Data Center Initiative is looking to apply open source principles to the design and construction of data centers.
The initiative, which will act as a repository and testbed for mechanical and engineering advances in data center design, hopes to attract innovations from small engineering firms, graduate students performing research with federal grant money, and other researchers. Group adviser Michael Manos hopes the initiative will motivate established engineering firms to rethink how data centers are built. "When you think of all the great things we've been talking about at data center conferences, about moving to greener designs and driving efficiency with new technologies—a lot of that innovation is being held back because competition for those ideas is not out there," he says.
The group also will get involved in education, and will publish real-world data on the cost of implementing projects, such as fresh-air cooling systems, so customers have more transparency when making decisions.
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