September 11, 2009 at 18:12Microsoft is taken away from Microsoft headquarters
From the Microsoft campus in Redmond, all the servers that are now used to test the code, run in new products, etc. will soon be taken away. Traditionally, this equipment stood in neighboring rooms near the developers. Dozens of such “mini-server" scattered around the campus, but now everything will change. All equipment will be taken to a separate data center Redmond Ridge 1, which was built a twenty-minute drive from headquarters (12 km on the highway). According to managers, this is the minimum distance to discourage employees from going to their servers.
Microsoft themselves are recognizedthat a complete transition to a remote mode of working with servers requires a “serious change in corporate culture”. Some developers are literally related to the technology, they even call cars gentle female names.
Redmond Ridge 1 is not even a data center, it is officially called the "research and development support laboratory", that is, it serves exclusively the internal needs of Microsoft. In some other details, it also differs from conventional data centers. The building is designed for 35-50 thousand servers in groups of up to 1200 pieces (5-20 virtual servers can be launched on each of them). The construction of the building took two and a half years, the work was completed in July. Now it works at half capacity, the remaining servers will be delivered before the end of 2010.
From an environmental point of view (this is a popular topic in the West), the new data center will save Microsoft about 12-24 thousand tons of carbon dioxide per year. In general, the largest IT-company emits from 900 000 to 1 000 000 tonnes of CO 2 per year.
Microsoft themselves are recognizedthat a complete transition to a remote mode of working with servers requires a “serious change in corporate culture”. Some developers are literally related to the technology, they even call cars gentle female names.
Redmond Ridge 1 is not even a data center, it is officially called the "research and development support laboratory", that is, it serves exclusively the internal needs of Microsoft. In some other details, it also differs from conventional data centers. The building is designed for 35-50 thousand servers in groups of up to 1200 pieces (5-20 virtual servers can be launched on each of them). The construction of the building took two and a half years, the work was completed in July. Now it works at half capacity, the remaining servers will be delivered before the end of 2010.
From an environmental point of view (this is a popular topic in the West), the new data center will save Microsoft about 12-24 thousand tons of carbon dioxide per year. In general, the largest IT-company emits from 900 000 to 1 000 000 tonnes of CO 2 per year.