April 7, 2011 11:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/imgoDhQuRYY/Facebook-Opens-Their-Data-Center-Infrastructure
Facebook Opens Their Data Center Infrastructure
gnu let us know about Facebook releasing specifications for their data center infrastructure as an open hardware project. They've released detailed electrical and mechanical data for everything from the server motherboards to the data center power distribution system. Digging further reveals that the specifications are licensed under the new Open Web Foundation Agreement which appears to be an actual open license. The breadth of data released really is quite amazing.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/imgoDhQuRYY/Facebook-Opens-Their-Data-Center-Infrastructure
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Slashdot
Slashdot was originally created in September of 1997 by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda. Today it is owned by Geeknet, Inc..More About this Source Visit Slashdot