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1、Microsoftjustfinishedathree-monthexperiment阅读理解答案 阅读理解 Microsoftjustfinishedathree-monthexperimentoperatinganunderwaterdatacenter.Aserverrack(服务器支架)withthepowerofabout300PCswasplacedintoawater-tight(防水)steelcontainerandloweredintotheoceanoffthecoastofcentralCalifornia. Theunusualexperi
2、mentwaslaunchedbecausecurrentdatacentersareunpleasantlyinefficient.They’rebuiltwhereenergyandlandarecheap(notclosetowherepeopleactuallylive).Andtheywastesomuchenergycoolingtheirmassivecomputers.Theoceancansolvethoseproblems.Thecoldoceanfloorsufficientlycoolsthecomputingcomponentsinsidethe
3、pod.Andsincemostpeopleliveneartheocean,placingdatacentersunderwatercouldpotentiallyincreasethespeedatwhichcustomerscouldaccesstheinformationstoredinMicrosoft’scloud. TheexperimentwassosuccessfulthatMicrosoftoperatedtheunderwaterdatacenterfor75dayslongerthanithadplannedto.Thenextstepistog
4、etalargerpod,with aboutfourtimesthecomputingpower,undertheoceanfortesting.Unlikethefirstexperiment,thenextpodwillalsobeequippedwithturbines,whichwilltransformtheocean’scurrentsintoelectricity.It’snotclearwhen,ifever,underwaterdatacenterswillbecomeapossibleproduct.“Ourfirstexperimentwas
5、likedippingourpinkietoeinthewater,andnowwe’regoingforthebigtoe,”saidLee,corporatevicepresidentofMicrosoftResearch. Microsoftisstillanalyzingtheenvironmentalimpactsofthestudy.Datacentersarebothhotandloud,whichcouldhavedamagingeffectsonoceanlife.Microsoftfoundthatthenoiseitsunderwaterdatac
6、enterproducedwasdrownedoutbynearbyshrimpandcrabs.Thedatacentersarealsobuiltfromrecyclablematerials,andMicrosoftbelievesthatthetotalcarbonfootprintofunderwaterdatacenterswillbe“dramaticallylower”thancurrentland-basedcenters. Giventhegrowthinthecloud,industryanalystsbelievethatmostof th
7、eworld’sdatacentershaveyettobebuilt.Butbuildingadatacentertakesatleasttwoyears—aneternityinthefast-developingtechindustry.Asaresult,Microsoftbuildsitsdatacenterswiththefutureinmind,installingfarmorecomputingpowerandspacethanitcurrentlyneeds. Leebelievesthatgoingund
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