$1.9 Billion 'Data Farm' Planned for Scotland - Data Center Knowledge. {*style:<i>By: Rich Miller July 8th, 2008 </i>*} in Share Plans are moving forward for an ambitious “data center village” in Scotland that eventually could span 3 million square feet of space and cost 1 billion pounds ($1.9 billion) to complete. Internet Villages International is the brainchild of Peter Hewkin, who says the project has initial funding of 26 million pounds ($50 million). The project was originally targeted for Lockerbie, Scotland upon its announcement in December , but Hewkin and IVI are now focusing their efforts on a 300-acre plot of farmland in Annandale. The change in site has apparently not dimmed the interest of potential tenants. One of the major marketing points for IVI and Scotland locations is the ability to design a data center around renewable energy sources.
Scotland’s suitability for data center development was highlighted last fall by Gordon Thomson, Cisco’s director for Ireland and Scotland. How to Make Accurate Time Estimates. Many people are really bad at estimating how much time a task will take. Perhaps you estimate you’ll need about an hour, and it really takes you 3-4 hours to finish. Or maybe you allocate 30 minutes for a task, and you’re done in 5 minutes. What can you do to get better at making accurate estimates? Here are several techniques you can use to make better time estimates: Calculate Your Fudge Ratio The best place to start is to measure your current estimation accuracy. Make a to-do list of upcoming tasks to complete, and jot down an off-the-cuff estimate for how long you expect each task to take. For example, if you estimate that a certain list of tasks will take 12 hours to complete, but they really take 15 hours, then your fudge ratio is 15/12 = 1.25.
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