Google opens up on seven years of its data center history.

[sathish.k]

Google opened up on its data center operations on yesterday at an industry event in Phoenix. It shared how its thinking and practices have changed as it seeks to lower the costs and environment impact of its servers and IT infrastructure.

[Mike-R]

This is really interesting stuff - a lot of theory gets posted to sites like slashdot, but it's amazing to see one of the largest server operations in the world going transparent with real data.

There's an amazing infographic from a little while back about who has the most servers: http://gizmodo.com/5517041/googles-insa ... visualized