Roland Piquepaille writes on his weblog: The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is one of the largest genomics data centers in the world. In “The Hum and the Genome“, the Scientist writes about the IT infrastructure needed to handle the avalanche of data that researchers have to analyze. With its 2,000 processors and its 300 terabytes of storage, the data center uses today about 0.75 megawatts (MW) of power at a cost of €140,000 per year (about $170K). But the data center will need more than a petabyte of storage within three years, and its yearly electricity bill will reach €500,000 (more than $600K) for about 1.4 MW, enough to power more than a thousand homes. Read the full article, and see diagrams at the weblog.

* Roland Piquepaille’s Technology Trends | Decoding the Genome Needs Superpower

Tags: DNA, Gadgets, Genome, Genomics, Nature, Sanger, Science, supercomputing, Technology, Trust, Wellcome

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