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TechRepublic Member | April 07, 2011

Facebook open sources its server, data center designs: Hardware fallout to follow

Facebook launched an initiative it calls the Open Compute Project, an effort to share the specs and designs of the custom servers in its data center in Prineville, Ore. In other words, Facebook is... Read more

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