Microsoft goes green with Redmond Ridge 1
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
Microsoft's new Redmond Ridge 1 facility, at 57,000 square feet, will eventually take the place of the server labs currently operating on the company's main campus just down the road. According to Microsoft's Environmental Sustainability Blog, the new facility will use one-third less energy than those server labs, delivering "overall carbon savings of 12,000 metric tons per year."
This rollover to a consolidated facility will mark a change in the workflow of those developers on Microsoft's main campus. Previously, product groups managed their own in-building server lab for development and testing, which probably worked out well on those late nights when a frustrated programmer wanted to march downstairs and personally threaten a misbehaving piece of equipment with a screwdriver; now, in the name of boosted corporate efficiency and environmental sustainability, that same programmer will need to climb into his or her car and drive eight miles down the road.