Facebook Aims For The Moving Target Of Data Center Optimization

Jay Park, director of Facebook Data Center Engineering, recently posted a fascinating, encouraging note on the topic of data center optimization.

It’s easy to forget that the intangibility and mobility of the Internet exists somewhere in temporal reality. That is, it relies on actual machines – on bits of metal, plastic, silicon (and blood, sweat, and tears) – to function. It’s not just floating out there in the ether (yet). As it grows in scope, so too must its physical corollaries.