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		rightbyte on Sept 20, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google is investing $3.3B to build clean data cent... I wonder if WD and friends do generative braking on the hard drives.

zepearl on Sept 20, 2019 | [–]

:) Regenerative braking when the arm of the HDD starts getting near the target track.

lovemenot on Sept 21, 2019 | [–]

Spin them all up when the wind blows and convert their kinetic energy to power during a lull.

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