The World's Largest Data Centers 87
1sockchuck writes "It seems data centers are getting bigger all the time. Who has the world's largest server farm? Data Center Knowledge has put together a list of 10 huge data centers, all between 400,000 and 1.1 million square feet. The story highlights the trend toward ever-bigger data centers, such as the Vegas SuperNAP and Microsoft's container data center, as well as established behemoths like the NAP of the Americas in Miami and Lakeside Technology Center in Chicago."
1.3 million square feet (Score:5, Informative)
The 10 (Score:4, Informative)
Since the site is being clobbered and doesn't have a huge datacentre...
10. The SuperNAP, Las Vegas (Switch Communications)
9A and 9B. Microsoft Data Centers in Quincy Washington and San Antonio
8. CH1, Elk Grove Village, Ill. (DuPont Fabros)
7. Phoenix ONE, Phoenix (i/o Data Centers)
6. Microsoft Dublin (Microsoft)
5. Container Data Center, Chicago (Microsoft)
4. NGD Europe, Newport Wales (Next Generation Data)
3. The NAP of the Americas, Miami (Terremark)
2. Metro Technology Center, Atlanta (Quality Technology)
1. 350 East Cermak / Lakeside Technology Center (Digital Realty)
Re:And only 8 months behind schedule (Score:1, Informative)
I have, on only one occasion clicked on a /. article and it has attached the wrong comments. I tried to find out why, but when I refreshed it fixed itself...crazy stuff. It happens.
They missed the largest one, it's in Tokyo (Score:2, Informative)
Some more info on the @Tokyo data center can be found on the web:
Google map:
http://tinyurl.com/y6djuzo [tinyurl.com]
http://www.jpix.ad.jp/en/service/site_info.html [jpix.ad.jp] "The academic IX NSPIXP2 is located here.The total floor space in the building is 140,000 square meters which is the largest scale data center in the world."