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Huge Data Center Going Up In Sin City

Posted by Soulskill on from the more-power-please dept.

pacopico writes "The Register has a report on an intriguing Las Vegas-based company which is building one of the world's largest data centers called the SuperNAP. The company — Switch Communications — claims it will be the most densely packed and power efficient data center ever built. The report notes, 'Legend has it that the company managed to acquire what was once meant to be Enron's broadband trading hub for a song. This gave Switch access to more than twenty of the primary carrier backbones in a single location. Switch tied this vast network to existing data center hosting facilities and attracted military clients, among others, to its Las Vegas shop.'"

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  1. Gratuitous Enron Joke... by owlnation · · Score: 4, Funny
    Just in case we ever forget...

    "In Houston this week they had an auction for Enron. They sold all kinds of things that were once property of Enron. Lots of good deals -- in fact I picked up 2 senators and a congressman. Hell of a deal."
    -- Jay Leno
  2. Who else thought of a new game... by Hankapobe · · Score: 4, Funny
    where folks bet on:

    • Down time.
    • Data loss.
    • Which server goes down.
    • Who gets a sale.
    • and on and on.

    There's big betting bucks here!

  3. why not? by amnezick · · Score: 2, Funny

    It will be bleeding-edge!

    --
    mov ax,4c00h
    int 21h
  4. Re:Firewall??? by palegray.net · · Score: 2, Funny

    The saying used to be "whatever happens in Enron, stays in Enron," but we can all see how well that worked out...

    Maybe the fiber hub has built in packet shredders.

    --
    512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 200 GB transfer, five datacenters. $19.95/month.
  5. Re:Heat by owlnation · · Score: 5, Funny

    Prior to the Hoover Dam coming on line (i.e., pre-World-War II), there wasn't a city there.
    Which is one of the great things about Vegas. It's the archetype of artifact, and a wonderful model for future terraforming operations. Especially the hookers and blackjack part. In fact, forget the city...