Conspiracy Theory #1

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Walter Bright wrote:
> 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.

As much as statically disallowing escaping references to locals :o).

Andrei