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Data center in China's Hunan utilizes cold lake water for cooling

STORY: Data center in China's Hunan utilizes cold lake water for cooling SHOOTING TIME: recent DATELINE: June 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Dongjiang Lake 2. various of the Dongjiang Lake big data center 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI JIANJUN, Chairman of Hunan Cloudnest Information Technology Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU MOPING, Deputy director of the local environmental protection bureau STORYLINE: In Zixing City, China's Hunan Province, the Dongjiang Lake big data center hosts over 36,000 servers from the country's top information platforms. To maintain optimal temperatures and prevent malfunctions, the servers are cooled using cold water from Dongjiang Lake, located a few kilometers away. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI JIANJUN, Chairman of Hunan Cloudnest Information Technology Co., Ltd. "After pumping up the lake water, we use plate heat exchangers and pipelines to bring the cold air carried by the pumped cold water to coo

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Boeing 787 glitch

NARITA, Japan - A Boeing 787 Dreamliner, on a Japan Airlines flight from Boston, lands at Narita airport near Tokyo without using landing flaps on the main wings on July 22, 2013. The plane did not use the flaps after instruments indicated malfunctions.

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Boeing 787 glitch

NARITA, Japan - A Boeing 787 Dreamliner, on a Japan Airlines flight from Boston, lands at Narita airport near Tokyo without using landing flaps on the main wings on July 22, 2013. The plane did not use the flaps after instruments indicated malfunctions.

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Mizuho Bank resumes ATM services

TOKYO, Japan - People use the automated teller machines at a Mizuho Bank branch in Tokyo on March 22, 2011. The large bank resumed ATM services after suspending them for three days due to large-scale computer system malfunctions.

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Mizuho Bank apology

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Satoru Nishibori (C) and other bank executives bow in apology after a press conference at the head office of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on March 18, 2011. The bank has been failing to transfer customers' salaries into their accounts due to computer system malfunctions.

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Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train

FUKUOKA, Japan - A driver trains on a simulator for the Kyushu Shinkansen Line bullet train in October 2010 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, ahead of the March 2011 start of full operation of the line's Kagoshima route. The simulator is used to train drivers how to respond to bad weather conditions, malfunctions and other scenarios.

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German restaurant owner worries about high energy bills

STORY: German restaurant owner worries about high energy bills DATELINE: Sept. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: Berlin CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the view in Europe 2. various of Nord Stream I pipeline 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (German): KLAUS RUDOLPH, Owner of a restaurant in Lubmin STORYLINE: Europe is heading toward a bitter winter as a new disruption of natural gas from Russia aggravates its energy crunch and the cost of living crisis. Russia's largest gas producer Gazprom announced earlier this month that it had stopped gas supplies via the Nord Stream I pipeline for an indefinite period due to malfunctions at a compressor unit. Analysts say the Russian gas cut-off will likely worsen Europe's energy crisis and trigger further fuel price hikes, escalating inflation and impacting livelihoods. Some businesses in Europe have felt the pinch of the energy crisis. SOUNDBITE 1 (German): KLAUS RUDOLPH, Owner of a restaurant in Lubmin "The gas price is three times of the past, at least three times. I

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Mizuho Bank suffers system failures at branch counters across Japan

Mizuho Bank suffered Friday system failures that prevented its branch counters across Japan from conducting transactions, such as deposits, withdrawals and transfers, its parent company said, the latest in a series of system crashes that have hit the major Japanese lender. Mizuho Trust & Banking Co. also suffered similar malfunctions at its branch counters, according to the major banking group Mizuho Financial Group Inc., but the group's internet banking and automatic teller machines were unaffected. The four earlier system failures occurred over about two weeks from Feb. 28 this year. A total of 4,300, or about 80 percent, of Mizuho's ATMs nationwide were affected, with more than 5,000 bank cards and bank books swallowed by the machines.

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legami's noise filter "ENEPLATE

This product is a compact noise filter that combines ferrite materials. It reduces harmonic currents flowing in the power supply line simply by retrofitting it near the wiring. An increasing number of companies are considering the introduction of this product as it prevents equipment malfunctions and helps to save electricity. Although it depends on the environment in which the system is installed, it is generally expected to save 10-15% of electricity when three of the main breakers are installed. "Mr. Higashi says, "By showing the amount of CO2 reduction, we have been able to get people to adopt the system positively. The company is aiming to further expand sales, taking advantage of the growing environmental awareness. (= November 12, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images, the object retrofitted to the wiring is the energy plate)

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Mizuho Bank resumes ATM services

TOKYO, Japan - People use the automated teller machines at a Mizuho Bank branch in Tokyo on March 22, 2011. The large bank resumed ATM services after suspending them for three days due to large-scale computer system malfunctions. (Kyodo)

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Mizuho Bank apology

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Satoru Nishibori (C) and other bank executives bow in apology after a press conference at the head office of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on March 18, 2011. The bank has been failing to transfer customers' salaries into their accounts due to computer system malfunctions. (Kyodo)

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Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train

FUKUOKA, Japan - A driver trains on a simulator for the Kyushu Shinkansen Line bullet train in October 2010 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, ahead of the March 2011 start of full operation of the line's Kagoshima route. The simulator is used to train drivers how to respond to bad weather conditions, malfunctions and other scenarios. (Kyodo)

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Olympic scenes: Bar-setting device malfunctions

A bar-setting device in the pole vault competition malfunctions on Aug. 13, 2016, delaying the start of the men's qualification jump at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo