#ALGORITHMS: "Microsoft's Big Data Taming Energy Waste"

Instead of spending $60 billion to rip-and-replace the scourge of incompatible heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems on its sprawling campus, Microsoft decided to practice-what-it-preaches by using Big Data running on its Windows Servers to cut energy wastes: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog

Microsoft's  campus in Redmond, Washington uses Big Data to cut energy waste from its diverse set of heat ventilation air conditioning (HVAC) systems from different vendors.
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