Conspiracy Theory #1

[Walter Bright]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> 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/ 

Makes perfect sense.