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New Datacenter In Underground Lair

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the mwahahahahahahahah dept.

lobo235 writes to tell us that a new underground data center designed by Sweden's largest ISP is fit for a classic supervillain, complete with greenhouses, waterfalls, German submarine engines, simulated daylight and can withstand a hit from a hydrogen bomb. "'Rather than just concentrating on technical hardware we decided to put humans in focus,' he said. 'Of course, the security, power, cooling, network, etc, are all top notch, but the people designing data centers often (always!) forget about the humans that are supposed to work with the stuff.'"

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  1. Hm.... by pwnies · · Score: 5, Funny

    For a pleasant working environment the data center has simulated daylight, greenhouses, waterfalls and a huge 2600-liter salt water fish tank.

    That's quite the fish tank... large enough for certain carnivorous, cartilanginous fish...

    Backup power is handled by two Maybach MTU diesel engines producing 1.5 Megawatt of power.

    Goodness that's a lot of power, certainly more than a standard set of servers would need. Why, with all that extra electricity you could probably power several deadly lase...OHMYGODWHAT HAVE WE LET THEM CREATE?!?

    1. Re:Hm.... by ironwill96 · · Score: 5, Funny

      At it only cost ONE......Million Dollars!

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    2. Re:Hm.... by CaptainPatent · · Score: 4, Funny

      OHMYGODWHAT HAVE WE LET THEM CREATE?!?

      Begin the unnecessarily slow-moving dipping mechanism!

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    3. Re:Hm.... by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just be sure to reveal your grand plans to whomever's tied to the dipping mechanism before you pull the oversized floor-mounted lever to lower.

    4. Re:Hm.... by DragonWriter · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's nothing. 1L = 1 dM^3 ... cube root of 2600 is about 13.75... we're talking about a cube about 4' x 4' x 4'. Carnivorous, cartilaginous fish? I think not.

      They do come in pocket size versions.

    5. Re:Hm.... by Deadgrass · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe they just fill it with sweedish fish?

    6. Re:Hm.... by Darinbob · · Score: 2, Funny

      And put frikkin LEDs on their heads!

    7. Re:Hm.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      those cowards. does TPB really think that shielding themselves with 30m of bedrock and hiding beneath the city of Stockholm will stop the RIAA/MPAA from nuking them off the face of the planet?

      if the war on Iraq has taught us anything, it's that such spineless tactics do not work on Americans. we'll destroy the enemy no matter how much collateral damage it might cause. a few hospitals and water processing plants are a small price to pay to defeat the terrorists. and music/movie pirates are certainly terrorists!

      it's just too bad about the residents of Stockholm though. i guess they should have thought about that before deciding to harbor terrorists.

    8. Re:Hm.... by caluml · · Score: 2, Funny

      And ignore ***all*** these silly, stupid suggestions. :)

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  2. Re:Idle section story? by genner · · Score: 5, Funny

    No this is actually entertaining.

  3. You Fools! by Gat0r30y · · Score: 3, Funny

    and just for fun the people at Pionen have also installed the warning system (sound horns) from the original German submarine.

    Sorry, but if i'm in an underground bunker designed to withstand a nuke, I would not think it very fun to have sound horns start blaring unexpectedly (as I run down the hallway screaming "you fools! you blew it all up!").

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  4. Swedish, eh? by e9th · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope they didn't furnish it from IKEA so it looks like a weird subterranean college dorm.

  5. Mmmmm by thewils · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does it come complete with blond Swedish henchwoman too?

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  6. Not really supervillain-grade by idontgno · · Score: 3, Funny

    Until they get half-pony half-monkey monsters and hordes of hungry wolves all over the grounds.

    Trust me, I have this on good authority.

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  7. Straight Out of The 1960's by ewhac · · Score: 2, Funny
    There's something terribly wrong with me when the first think I think of when seeing those photos are the lair of Diabolik.

    Schwab

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  8. Evil... by mediis · · Score: 4, Funny

    That really makes me want to become an EVIL Unix Admin instead of just a normal Unix Admin. I feel the sudden urge for world domination. Um Bork Bork Bork.

  9. on behalf of slashdot, let me be the first to say: by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    I WANT IT I WANT IT I WANT IT

    Mom! Christmas Present!

    {collapses, quivering}

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  10. Downside by zentinal · · Score: 2, Funny

    True, it does look sweet, however, in order to work there you'll have to wear a standard issue henchman uniform.
    Like this - http://tinyurl.com/58pela
    Or this - http://tinyurl.com/6a8cvg
    Perhaps even - http://tinyurl.com/5nuwl4

  11. Re:Why? by Chyeld · · Score: 2, Funny

    You don't consider my porn collection to be of valuable use when the barbarians left alive from the Great War are trying to figure out what a Sybian or TENS unit was for? FOOL! They'll need study guides and inspiration if we truely want to repopulate the world.

  12. Re:A lot of power? Not hardly :) by DigiShaman · · Score: 3, Funny

    How big a data center do they need?

    How much porn do they have?

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  13. Re:Lunar colonies by Daswolfen · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe not, but it will fit on NASA's set in the desert.

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