Everyone is excited about raising temperatures in the data center to reduce cooling requirements. Well not everyone. The people who work in the data center can't be too thrilled. Don't think this is a problem. KomoNews reports on amazon.com warehouse employees going to the hospital for heat-stress.

Report: Amazon.com warehouse heat sent several to hospital

By Associated Press Published: Sep 20, 2011 at 2:53 PM PM

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A newspaper says sweltering conditions inside an Amazon.com warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania over the summer sent several employees to hospitals and led to a federal inspection.

The (Allentown) Morning Call reports that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued no fines but made recommendations on how the company could improve its heat-stress management plan at the Breinigsville warehouse.

If you think you can hide information like this. Consider the newspaper received the information as part of the Freedom of Information Act.

The newspaper cited documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request in reporting that an emergency room doctor at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest called an OSHA hotline in June after seeing several workers. A company official later said 15 employees had heat-related symptoms, and six were treated at a hospital.