Researchers are turning old Pixel phones into a data center – and they outperform some server hardware

Researchers recycle old phones and cluster them into ‘computing platforms’ — says processors on modern…

UCSD and Google clustered recycled Pixels as local data centers: 25–50 phones match one dual-socket server's compute power. For universities and SMBs, this replaces cloud dependency with on-premise hardware ownership at a fraction of new server capex.