While robots in the data center has been proposed and tested for years, the reality is getting close to fruition, with the introduction of a robotic system to hoist servers from a tank of cooling liquid. Is this another step towards more "lights out" mission-critical facilities such as data centers? Our host, Rich Miller, explores the history and future of robots in the data center.
LINKS: Inside Facebook's BluRay Data Center https://datacenterfrontier.com/inside-facebooks-blu-ray-cold-storage-data-center/ 2013 DCK series 1. The Robot-Driven Data Center of the Future https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/05/22/the-data-center-of-tomorrow-totally-lights-out-within-5-years 2. The Role of Robotics in Data Center Automation https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/12/18/role-robotics-data-center-automation 3. I, Data Center: An Interview With a Robotics Professional https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/12/19/data-center-interview-robotics-professional IBM Uses Roombas to Protect its Data Centers https://www.geek.com/news/ibm-uses-custom-ever-vigilant-roombas-to-protect-its-data-centers-1557368/ Robots Now Annihilate Hard Drives in Google Data Centers https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/google-alphabet/robots-now-annihilate-hard-drives-google-data-centers DE-CIX: Meet Patchy McPatchbot - First Robot at an IX https://www.de-cix.net/en/access/the-apollon-platform/patchy-mcpatchbot Wave 2 Wave: Rome https://www.wave-2-wave.com/rome Scott Noteboom Joins Liquid Cooling Startup Submer https://datacenterfrontier.com/scott-noteboom-joins-liquid-cooling-startup-submer/ TMG core Unveils Robot-Managed Immersion Data Centers https://datacenterfrontier.com/tmgcore-unveils-robot-managed-immersion-data-centers/
