Back in 2004, Wired had a piece on the LHC's grid network. Les Robertson, who studied with Peter Higgs (of the boson) and head of the grid, realized distributed computing was the way to go.

Big Blue plans to invest US$4 billion into "computer farms" around the globe that will let businesses gain access to computer resources that aren't physically on site.

The future isn’t possible without smart grid systems. A more sprawling network is hard to imagine. The United States can produce up to 1.2 million megawatts of electricity and delivers it to 330 ...

“By securely ramping up data and computational capacity, our new system enables operators to apply edge computing capabilities so that they can better manage a highly distributed network – and ...