Deprecating the Datacenter?

m0smithslash writes "The blogging CEO asserts that that datacenters are doomed. Computers are showing up in everything from drill bits, to cargo ships to tracking devices in stuffed animals at Disneyland. With computers becoming so small and easy to distribute over a wireless network, do we really need data centers to house computers or are the computers going to be placed where they are really needed?"

Missing info

[nizo]

How many drill bits will I need to buy for the company toolbox to run our email service? And does anyone know where I can get a toolbox with redundant power and cooling? Thanks.

Uh

[Skynet]

So where are they going to put the WoW servers?

He's right!

[rlp]

As long as you're not concerned about minor issues like physical security, data and communications security, maintainability, scalability, and availability.

Re:Uh

[SuperStretch]

Duh! In the drill!

Wireless computer distribution?

[SoTuA]

With computers becoming so small and easy to distribute over a wireless network

I'd love to see how.

Distributing computers

[DragonWriter]

With computers becoming so small and easy to distribute over a wireless network

I can see distributing computing over a wireless network, but I've yet to see anyone distribute computers that way. Would surely cut down on shipping costs, though: just download that new laptop...

Re:Uh

[jdray]

How boring is that?

Re:Uh

[drinkypoo]

Your comment is both insightful and penetrating.

Re:Missing info

[Duhavid]

No, the datacenter will be alive and well, here is why.

Chips are running faster and faster and hotter and hotter.

Right now, there is not enough heat to produce steam. Soon there
will be.

Soon, we will be using the heat of the chips to produce steam to
generate electricity to produce part of the electricity to run
the datacenter.

This will only work well when the equipment density is high,
therefore, we will continue to have datacenters.