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Lotus Green DC is a collaborative center and resource for open innovation of green data centers.
Lotus Green Data Centers are designed using an open hardware license:
- to be useful even when the paradigm of technology changes
- to be the last standing structure in the wake of a cataclysm
- to most effectively control internal climate conditions
- to efficiently manage resources (inputs/fuels and outputs/waste)
Data centers are historically designed according to industrial requirements from the 1950's main frame computers. Lotus Green data centers must meet a more complete set of requirements based on a sustainable set of principles and guidelines.
Here is a panoramic view of a model of six variations extended to 114 parapets (units):
The wiki-style online collaborative book of open-source documentation for fully scalable, resilient green data centers is at /forge/xowiki.
The development homepage: /forge/.
You are welcome to participate.
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