This is Google

Skybird · 10-18-12, 05:47 AM

Picture series.

http://www.zeit.de/digital/2012-10/f...-rechenzentren

Gerald · 10-18-12, 05:52 AM

In the German language, lucky that I can part,

Herr-Berbunch · 10-18-12, 06:38 AM

And for us insular English-speakers there is always, luckily, Google Translate -

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Google's data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, has an area of over 10,000 square meters. | © Connie Zhou / Google

They are all over the world, the Google server. How many are there, do not say the group. How exactly where it is processed and linked data are not. In order to at least give the appearance of transparency, but now Google has released a series of photos from its data centers. The pictures do not explain much, but impressively demonstrate how much of the Internet infrastructure company now needed.

Good, interesting photos.

Oberon · 10-18-12, 06:57 AM

There was an interesting radio series a while ago on...radio four I think it was...about a man who was interested in finding the hardware behind the internet, central internet hubs and the like. Often highly classified locations due to their weakness to attack, and he was questioned by the police a couple of times as to why he was doing this.

Herr-Berbunch · 10-18-12, 07:07 AM

Can't be that secret a location, just look for large buildings with lots of exhausts!

Or just look for the Google Maps pushpin with the words Google Data Center, bottom right.

Jimbuna · 10-18-12, 08:30 AM

LOL.....bad boy

Stealhead · 10-18-12, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Can't be that secret a location, just look for large buildings with lots of exhausts!

Or just look for the Google Maps pushpin with the words Google Data Center, bottom right.

That is correct massive banks of servers generate a pretty good deal of heat so any such building will have a noticeable HVAC system.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	There was an interesting radio series a while ago on...radio four I think it was...about a man who was interested in finding the hardware behind the internet, central internet hubs and the like. Often highly classified locations due to their weakness to attack, and he was questioned by the police a couple of times as to why he was doing this.