andrel wrote:
> There is that story about, I think, Shell that they build a new building 
> with a giant heater for the winter, just when everything was nearly 
> finished they brought in a supercomputer that needed a giant cooling 
> system. A bit more communication would have saved a lot of money.

On the other hand at my site they did think about that, so they 
integrated the cooling of the machine rooms with the heating of the rest 
of the site....
10 years (or so) later our machines are a lot more efficient and create 
less heat so they no longer provide enough to warm the site, so a new 
gass powered heating system was needed.

I believe the "new" UK ATC centre on the south coast has the same 
problem - but they've not yet installed any more heating. (they switched 
from huge CRT displays to beautiful flatscreens that don't get as toasty)

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