TIL a data center in Phoenix runs hotter than my attic in July

I did a side job at a colo facility near the airport last month. Walked in and the ambient temp was 85 degrees. The floor manager said they keep it that warm on purpose to save on cooling costs. Asked if the gear holds up and he showed me the failure logs - almost nothing. Kind of made me rethink all the AC units I've seen in home server closets. Anyone else run into these high-temp setups?

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fionagibson5mo ago

My brother works in IT and he told me their office keeps the thermostat at 78 in summer and the servers are in a separate room that hits 90 sometimes. It's funny how we all just assume things need to be ice cold when the manufacturers probably know better than us.

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jenny_fox5mo ago

People just automatically set things to freezing without checking what they actually need, like refrigerators set to 35 when food is fine at 37 or 38. Same logic applies to a lot more than just servers.

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