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(Reblogged from interestingsnippets)
If a home has a broadband Internet connection, it can serve as a micro data center. One, two or three cabinets filled with servers could be installed where the furnace sits and connected with the existing circulation fan and ductwork. Each cabinet could have slots for, say, 40 motherboards — each one counting as a server. In the coldest climate, about 110 motherboards could keep a home as toasty as a conventional furnace does.
Data Furnaces Could Bring Heat to Homes - NYTimes.com (via interestingsnippets)
Would we get subsidized internet bills along with our server cabinet furnaces and subsidized heating bills? I could see my power company being very comfortable with outgoing data plans like mobile phone companies.
