Intel, HP, and Yahoo to build joint cloud-computing research labs

Sure, it's all well and cute to think of "cloud computing" as being a magical data-fairy, but storing and processing all your fancy new CalDAV-enabled Google Calendar entries and MobileMe emails costs money, kid -- and that means it's hard for researchers to accurately simulate and build cloud research projects, since they don't have the resources to build large enough data centers. HP, Intel, and Yahoo are teaming up to alleviate that problem, though -- the three behemoths are going to build six cloud-computer research data centers around the world, stocked with anywhere from 1,000 to 4,000 nodes each, with the goal of bringing them online later this year for pre-selected researchers to work on scaling, security, management, and new applications for the cloud. Three of the data centers will be hosted at HP, Intel, and Yahoo, and the other three will be at the University of Illinois, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, and the Steinbuch Centre for Computing in Germany.

[colin @ Jul 29th 2008 4:35PM]

intel hp and intel??????

[CarbonatedJuice @ Jul 29th 2008 4:35PM]

Intel, HP, and more Intel? Title needs fixing.

[loeakaodas @ Jul 29th 2008 4:35PM]

Intel getting some love there...

[sr1329 @ Jul 29th 2008 4:35PM]

Hmm... Let's see. So there are two Intels?

[OneLove @ Jul 29th 2008 4:43PM]

core 2 duo

[M @ Jul 29th 2008 4:41PM]

Apparently they wanted to say it twice for good measure

[jesusjuice @ Jul 29th 2008 4:42PM]

this article brought to you by Intel... AND INTEL

[Chris @ Jul 29th 2008 5:50PM]

HP, Intel, and Yahoo are teaming up to alleviate that problem...


I think it should be Intel, HP and Yahoo.

[atlasfugged @ Jul 29th 2008 4:49PM]

Glad to see Intel and Intel are finally cooperating.

[whoa! @ Jul 29th 2008 4:55PM]

Isn't cooperating with yourself something you are supposed to do in private?

[digitallysick @ Jul 29th 2008 5:03PM]

You leave the magical data-fairy out of this!

[Luigi193 @ Jul 29th 2008 5:13PM]

God the guy makes a mistake and everyone goes crazy
God the guy makes a mistake and everyone goes crazy

I thought I'd say twice for emphasis...

[kjb434 @ Jul 29th 2008 5:43PM]

Are the carbon Nazi's going to protest the insane amounts of energy that these server farms use?

I don't really care, just want to see some consistency.

[Matt Hoult @ Jul 29th 2008 6:07PM]

Just as long as the studies remain independent, this is a good thing as far as I can see. Well done behemoths.

[Jason @ Jul 29th 2008 6:11PM]

This is the Construct. It is our loading program. We can load anything from clothes, to weapons, to training simulations. Anything we need.

[Samuel Wat @ Jul 29th 2008 8:19PM]

Hmm isn't "cloud computing" a fancy and cute codename for servers?

[BB Sting @ Jul 29th 2008 9:05PM]

One day we'll all be living, breathing, and eating in "The Cloud".

[pokey @ Jul 30th 2008 12:16AM]

Photo is of IBM (Blue Gene?) racks. Smooth move.