Crowded Hong Kong Is Planning To Build Datacenters Deep Inside Caves

[EmperorScorpious]

[quote]It might not be as tough as you'd assume. In fact, as The Register points out, data centers in Norway and Kansas City have already made it happen. The land--er, the area underneath the land--could be purchased from whoever owns the above-ground area. The natural coolness of a cave could even help keep the data centers from overheating. The government has already selected five areas, with 20 hectares of land each, that might work for the data centers.

[img]http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/data-cave.jpg[/img][/quote]

[url]http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/hong-kong-planning-build-data-centers-inside-caves[/url]

[mac338]

[QUOTE]The Register points out, data centers in Norway and Kansas City[/QUOTE]

There are hills in Kansas City?
I know it's in Missouri, but I thought Kansas City was as flat as Kansas.

[Penguiin]

this way, they can redirect all of the incoming traffic to china and censor and filter it at appropriate 21st century speeds

[Foogoowoman]

"Experts predict the project will create enough pollution to kill 100,000 people, 'an acceptable loss' says the Chinese government"

[Havoc Ryder]

This comes to mind.

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[Jocke]

Reminds me of all the racist jokes about asians

[EmperorScorpious]

[QUOTE=Jocke;40038129]Reminds me of all the racist jokes about asians[/QUOTE]

I can't think of a single one in regards to this.

[Milk]

[QUOTE=Foogooman;40038038]"Experts predict the project will create enough pollution to kill 100,000 people, 'an acceptable loss' says the Chinese government"[/QUOTE]

Hong Kong is barely dependent on the Chinese government.

[smurfy]

[QUOTE=Penguiin;40038016]this way, they can redirect all of the incoming traffic to china and censor and filter it at appropriate 21st century speeds[/QUOTE]

[B]Every damn thread[/B]

I'm not writing it out again this time

[QUOTE=smurfy;39511017]That's communist China. Hong Kong is almost a separate country with free markets, free speech, democracy and all that shit

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_country,_two_systems[/url]

(Hong Kong also has its own currency)[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=smurfy;39062664]Hong Kong has so much autonomy you could almost consider it a city-state but with strong Chinese influences. They have a free press and media and all that. There is even border control between HK and the rest of China.[/QUOTE]

There is no internet censorship in Hong Kong

[Foogoowoman]

[QUOTE=Milkdairy;40038196]Hong Kong is barely dependent on the Chinese government.[/QUOTE]

I'm just venting my rage about how awful China is at pollution control.

[RoflKawpter]

Man, I'd love to see how many or how big their dehumidifiers would have to be in a datacenter like that... Probably mahoosive!