Google Mourns Veteran Engineer Luiz André Barroso, Who Invented the Modern Data Center

Luiz André Barroso, a veteran engineer at Google, revolutionized data center design by using low-cost components and developing the concept of 'the data center as a computer.' His ideas saved money, improved energy efficiency, and allowed software to run more nimbly. Barroso's contributions spread across Silicon Valley, and his architecture became the basis for Google's cloud computing unit.