Tech Old smartphones are being turned into tiny data centers Don’t toss it out — why old smartphones deserve a second life By Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report Fox News Published July 7, 2025 3 ...

They also found that building such a data center is remarkably inexpensive — around 8 euros per device. These tiny data centers have a wide range of applications.

Once it comes online, it will be EdgeCore’s third data center campus in the Old Dominion state. EdgeCore currently has about 500 megawatts of capacity under management in Virginia.

A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., on Jan. 14, 2024.