Comments on: Sun to unveil data center in a box

CEO Jonathan Schwartz to show off "Project Blackbox," data center equipment packaged in stackable containers.
Video: Sun's 'portable' data center
Photos: Project Blackbox

[hutchike]

Jon's blog

More on the background for the innovation here on Jon's blog: http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan

[rbanffy]

Telcos

Telecoms have been doing this for years.

But instead of serving data and pages, their containers route phone calls. From the computer standpoint, they are about the same. From the energy/thermal aspect, they are exactly the same.

[matt_parker]

?

So, you are saying that telcos have been putting together cargo containers that are completely self-sufficient with chillers, climate control systems and the ability to support 20 kilowatts (8 standard racks - 7 with servers and 1 with networking). Telcos don't make hardware. They use. Please show me an example that you are referring to.