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A Look At Google's Newest Data Center
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CmdrTaco
on Wednesday October 22, @10:11AM
from the hey-google-gimme-a-tour dept.
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miller60 writes "Google doesn't allow the public inside its secret data centers. But a recent groundbreaking event at the company's new South Carolina data center provided glimpses of the exterior of the facility, which shows a design that has evolved since Google's Oregon data center made front page news. A new feature: an open, lighted area resembling a parking deck (containers?). Still missing: moats filled with sharks with friggin' laser beams on their head."
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moats filled with sharks with friggin' laser beams (Score:5, Funny)
Question2: Assuming the affirmative to question one, how good is your average shark at aiming them?
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Re:moats filled with sharks with friggin' laser be (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:moats filled with sharks with friggin' laser be (Score:5, Funny)
I think in actual operation the sharks would poke their
head out of the water (like Flipper the dolphin) to fire
the laser. I'm pretty sure the sharks would require special
goggles to aim accurately in the air.
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Re:moats filled with sharks with friggin' laser be (Score:5, Informative)
Yes laser works underwater [csumb.edu], Otters have better aim though, they also easily dodge lasers so expect no Otter battles..
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We don't need no stinking sharks! (Score:2)
We've got plenty of alligators for our moats here in SC and they don't need pathetic little lasers.
Am I the only one that finds it depressing (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Am I the only one that finds it depressing (Score:5, Funny)
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No, just normal... (Score:5, Interesting)
Having worked in a few data centers over the course of my life... They are continuing the long-standing tradition of nondescript concrete/cinder block buildings that have hosted data centers for decades.
Nobody, including Google, wants to advertise their data centers- they want them to look like ordinary warehouses or industrial buildings.
It's pretty much required from a security standpoint, and is why Google is very secretive of its data center locations. You might even have a Google data center in the airport industrial park right down the street.
Would you really expect a big steel and glass architectural wonder with "Google" emblazoned all over it? I would expect nothing more or less from a Google data center than a big ugly concrete box in an industrial park. They (big ugly concrete boxes) are easy to guard and air condition, and don't require a receptionist or PR staff.
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Ooooohhh.....ahhhhh.... (Score:5, Insightful)
Pictures of a big warehouse-like building! Amazing! Why, I've never seen one! Looks like a giant ... uhhhhhh.... box! w00t! Those pics are just sooo 1337!
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Re:Ooooohhh.....ahhhhh.... (Score:5, Insightful)
Can we say we've reached the height of Google-worship when pictures of the exterior of a data center warrant a front page mention on Slashdot?
Now, if there were pictures of the interior (you know, where the interesting stuff is), I could see wanting to feature it, but the outside of the building? This is like saying you have a big scoop about the internal working of the NSA and then showing a picture of their front gate.
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Re:Ooooohhh.....ahhhhh.... (Score:4, Funny)
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Where do you sign up to play with toys like that? (Score:3, Interesting)
How long do you suppose you have to build data centers before Google hires you and tells you to go nuts? That's amazing, and I'd love to just walk around in it asking the guy questions who designed it.
I can't imagine how much electrical engineering, physics, and IT years of experience were required to put that thing together.
Anyone get to work in something approaching this level?
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Yep, me. I actually work in the SC location. I was hired after submitting my resume to www.google.com/jobs. Cheers. :)
Hey! (Score:2, Funny)
Some of my best friends are sharks with friggin' laser beams attached to their friggin' heads, you insensitive clod!
How much foil? (Score:3, Funny)
And how much foil do you have to wear on your head to kiss these friends?
New Design? (Score:2)
The open, lighted area, could also just be a loading dock, a covered storage area, a parking garage, building utilities area (above-ground 'basement') or any number of 'non-sinister' things. Remember, Google is a 'do no evil' company.
Google Maps Link (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:Google Maps Link (Score:5, Funny)
They don't even have streetview of their own building!
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Of course not! Everyone knows that's a huge privacy issue. :-)
slashdotted (Score:5, Funny)
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DCK has remained up through many prior Slashdottings
Thank goodness.... (Score:2, Offtopic)
Parking for H2s (Score:2)
The open air design will allow them to leave the H2s idling all day so the A/C can run and keep the interior at the perfect temp.
Ah - Green datacenter.
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free rats and free water for every citizen!
I suspect that will be a good campaign promise for the 2010 and 2012 election cycles.