As data centers suck up energy, money, tech industry looks to turn down the heat

Spanning 10 football fields, filled with tens of thousands of servers, data centers are the information mills that churn out the goods and services of the digital world. These centers, which can cost upward of $100 million to build, also suck massive amounts of energy. Reducing energy costs has made building a greener data center the environmental grail of the tech industry.

By Sharon Pian Chan

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Seattle Times staff reporter