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James Bond Villain Data Center

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-expect-you-to-die dept.

jeet writes "Data centers are boring and NOCs are doubly so. But this one sure beats all of them. Found this video of a data center suited for james bond villain on Data Center Knowledge website. The facility is established in a hydrogen bomb safe bunker and has generators used in German submarines. The CEO takes you around and shows some other cool features."

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  1. Re:What is up with the extreme locations? by rackserverdeals · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's usually not cheaper to demolish and build new.

    You have the cost of demo, construction, zoning issues, etc. If you can find a location that has many of the characteristics you need, you're usually better off. If you find a location that isn't suitable for much else, you can usually get it cheap.

    By the way, the guy in the video looked familiar. At first I thought all the network people looked and sounded the same. But it turns out he's Dean Nelson, Senior Director Global Lab & Datacenter Design Services at Sun and founder of Data Center Pulse. I remember him from this data center video.

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  2. Dupe by dfdashh · · Score: 5, Informative

    We've read about this particular data center before, though we didn't have this video. The first link in TFA has layouts and other pictures. Very cool.

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  3. Re:What is up with the extreme locations? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    They are leasing the bunker from FÃrsvarsmakten for 25k Swedish Kronor about $3k per month on a 25 year contract. So its quite cheap.

    A friend of mine handled the construction of this one, and is currently building another "bunker data center" for bahnhof.