Google builds their own servers
ComputerWorld has a good article that talks about how Google build their own servers to save costs and because standard products do not exactly meet its needs. Google does not actually need very reliable servers because it has written its software to compensate for hardware outages.
Another reason that Google builds its own servers is equally simple: it can save costs on power consumption. The power supply is one place that energy is unnecessarily lost. One-third of the electricity running through a typical power supply leaks out as heat. That is a waste of energy and also creates additional costs in the cooling required because of the heat added to a building.
Another reason that Google builds its own servers is equally simple: it can save costs on power consumption. The power supply is one place that energy is unnecessarily lost. One-third of the electricity running through a typical power supply leaks out as heat. That is a waste of energy and also creates additional costs in the cooling required because of the heat added to a building.
