Virginia Tech upgrades its PMG5-based cluster to G5 xServe

It is now official, Virginia Tech will replace its PM G5 by the new G5 xServe for its supercomputer cluster.
Advantages :
- surface occupied divided by 3.
- power consumption will decrease.
- heat release will be lower.
Price of second hand PowerMac G5 might decrease with the sudden arrival of 1100 machines on the market....