Yahoo’s new data center in Lockport, New York will feature a new design that the company has dubbed the Yahoo Computing Coop. Chief Yahoo David Filo announced the new design today in a blog post, saying the name was adopted “because it looks like something chickens live in” and will use outside air to cool [...]

Data center users have lots of design choices. Turn-key space or powered shell? Raised floor or slab? Chilled water or air-side economization? Most users decide on a set of desired design characteristics and search for data centers or providers that can meet all their criteria. In its new Chicago data center project, developer Ascent Corp. [...]