Apple Again Expanding Reno Data Center as Plans for Downtown Facility Stall

[fewlio]

Why? Because of the amount of sunshine and clear days to run solar panels. It's high desert and cools off at night, even in summer.

Solar power is for show, the facility is grid powered.

 

[Hotfeet]

....the facility is grid powered.

Well of course it is connected, it's raining right now in Reno and some folks would actually expect Apple to power their servers when the sun isn't around. Your comment that Reno is in the "middle of our hottest region" is clearly off base --- Reno cannot be considered as hot as Phoenix, Dallas (hello, Rackspace) or any number of other hot regions of the US.

 

[nlosborne]

What is Apple using these data centers for?

 

[IGregory]

Apple stalling ... looking for a BETTER tax break ... that's typical MO for corporates, these days.

I'm trying to figure what benefit will this particular building bring to the state. How many people will work there once completed? Once all the hardware is installed you will need a security staff and a small staff of people to maintain the equipment.

 

[IGregory]

What is Apple using these data centers for?

Can you imagine the volume of data generated by all Apple devices in the US. Apple customers, like me, who currently use other services for storage will switch to iCloud Drive when it goes online. Not to mention Apple's partnership with IBM and all the data storage requirements necessary for the business enterprise market.

 

[TahoeBlue]

Agee. My son goes to UNR, and there is nothing really there. Been a couple times. The airport updates look nice, but there is really nothing else there. The little strip, a couple other casino "resorts" and land. Not a ton of jobs, either, from what my son tells me.

We prefer outsiders to have a mental vision of Reno as it was in the 70s so they stop moving here.

 

[iSRS]

We prefer outsiders to have a mental vision of Reno as it was in the 70s so they stop moving here.

Ha!!

 

[Hotfeet]

We prefer outsiders to have a mental vision of Reno as it was in the 70s so they stop moving here.

Agreed! Folks, there's nothing in Reno to see, no need to move here

 

[phillipduran]

How is it environmentally friendly to run servers that must be actively cooled in the middle of our hottest region!? why not run them in Minnesota or north Dakota where its so much cooler? not very intelligent of apple

Reno is not in the hotter southern part of the US where you find high temperatures in the summer. It is also at 4,500' elevation.

It is in a desert. Desert does not mean it is hot. Lack of moisture has made the area a desert.

Reno has a low number of days that require heating or cooling. This makes it very cost effective and a good location for a server farm. North Dakota or Minnesota are much cooler and would probably be less efficient at running a server farm than Reno or northern Nevada.

How is it environmentally friendly to run servers that must be actively cooled in the middle of our hottest region!?

It's not, that's why you pick a place like Reno for your server farms.

 

[fewlio]

Reno is not in the hotter southern part of the US where you find high temperatures in the summer. It is also at 4,500' elevation.

It is in a desert. Desert does not mean it is hot. Lack of moisture has made the area a desert.

Reno has a low number of days that require heating or cooling. This makes it very cost effective and a good location for a server farm. North Dakota or Minnesota are much cooler and would probably be less efficient at running a server farm than Reno or northern Nevada.



It's not, that's why you pick a place like Reno for your server farms.

You are thoroughly and completely debunked. Fyi the servers would provide all the heat needed, so only cooling ever required, and not nearly as much as Reno NV which is WAYYYYYYY hotter in the summer than ND.

Comparison Reno NV to Minot ND http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/compare/USNV0076?sfld1=Reno, NV&sfld2=58703&clocid1=USNV0076&clocid2=