University of California, San Diego

Uni researchers plan to build a low-carbon data center hivemind from 2,000 Pixel smartphones—with Google's…

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, are developing a low-carbon data center by repurposing 2,000 Google Pixel smartphones. This initiative aims to reduce e-waste and the environmental impact of traditional data centers by utilizing existing hardware for cloud computing tasks. Google is supporting the project, which is expected to provide cost-effective and eco-friendly computing resources for researchers and students.