A Series of Tubes #83: Nortel Returns to the Sponsor Spot, Stilgherrian’s Tanzanian Project, and Data Centres in Innamincka
May 24th, 2009Why would you put a data centre in Innamincka? Well, it’s a good idea if you have lots of electricity, a carbon-neutral technology to demonstrate, a business to promote – and too many miles between the generator and the consumer. So Geodynamics, experts in geothermal power, has proposed just that: a data centre in the middle of nowhere. But as A Series of Tubes will hear, this isn’t just another blue-sky idea.
Regular Stilgherrian from crikey.com.au will tell us why Tanzania will be the place for geeks to be seen. And in this week’s sponsor interview, Kirsten Gilbertson of Nortel talks about Nortel ACE – the Agile Communications Environment.
