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Google turns old phones into cloud servers
Thursday, July 9, 2026
UC San Diego plans to launch a data center using 2,000 Pixel phones in fall 2026, according to Google. The facility will repurpose retired smartphone motherboards as servers. Google characterized the project as a low-carbon computing initiative.
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