Conspiracy Theory #1

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Walter Bright wrote:
> BCS wrote:
>> Even if you have network parallelism, CPU loads still costs money. 
>> Many server farms are not space limited but power limited. They can't 
>> get enough power out of the power company to run more servers. (And 
>> take a guess at what there power bills cost!)
> 
> I've often wondered why the server farms aren't located in Alaska, for 
> free cooling, and the waste heat used to heat local businesses. They can 
> turn a cost (cooling) into a revenue source (charge local businesses for 
> heat).

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/03/27/am_iceland_data_farm/

Andrei