Data midpoint are usually immense , cavernous warehouse - like spaces ram full of computers and cooling systems . But a pair of Italian designer has imagined a sustainable alternative that would coalesce server farms with skyscrapers .
Marco Merletti and Valeria Mercuri have sketched out a vision for what they call the Data Tower . And if the name does n’t evoke feelings of sci - fi hereafter , then the images sure as shooting do : Neat , gleaming silver structures make up the interior space , while the external sight imagine it hulk over the glacial landscape painting of Iceland .
It is , however , all ground in existing technology — just with a stylish design tucket . The pairexplain how the structure itself would work :
The tower is conceptualise as a elephantine three-D motherboard with a cylindrical shape . On the external façade are fastened all the computer hardware part , otherwise the national part is empty . This void is a technical space with a dual procedure : first , it is the independent air canal of the cooling system , and 2d it is a place where the pods can be go to the earth flooring , during the maintenance and the upgrade phase . As well as in a computer case , a huge cool down fan on the top of the tower activate a raw chimney effect , thanks to which each seedcase take the natural reinvigorated air from outside and loose the ardent gentle wind inside .
And its localisation in the images is n’t just for spectacular effect . Republic of Iceland is already proving popular as a web site for datum centers , with quick admission to electrical energy get by hydropower and geothermal energy , as well a parky climate that minimizes cooling demand .
The concept has already won the hearts of some : The designsnagged third placein eVolo ’s annual Skyscraper Competition , a runner up to theaudacious plan to save Central Park from phantom . Now it just stay for someone to build the matter .
[ eVoloviaComputer World ]
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