Comment Re:What are the potential savings? (Score 1) 141
Well there's the lighting costs which although are fairly small, count for something.
The datacenter can have a lot taller rooms - less pesky ceilings to install.
Presumably the robots can move faster than a human, so less time walking around locating the correct rack/server. I imagine they wouldn't be able to solve all problems, but they might be able to bring an entire server to a place where a human could be repairing it (much like robotic inventory/library systems do).
It's possible there could be some security savings. If people are restricted from entering at all, then there would be less need to secure servers individually.
The datacenter can have a lot taller rooms - less pesky ceilings to install.
Presumably the robots can move faster than a human, so less time walking around locating the correct rack/server. I imagine they wouldn't be able to solve all problems, but they might be able to bring an entire server to a place where a human could be repairing it (much like robotic inventory/library systems do).
It's possible there could be some security savings. If people are restricted from entering at all, then there would be less need to secure servers individually.