The World's Largest Data Centers

1sockchuck writes "It seems data centers are getting bigger all the time. Who has the world's largest server farm? Data Center Knowledge has put together a list of 10 huge data centers, all between 400,000 and 1.1 million square feet. The story highlights the trend toward ever-bigger data centers, such as the Vegas SuperNAP and Microsoft's container data center, as well as established behemoths like the NAP of the Americas in Miami and Lakeside Technology Center in Chicago."

Comments

Gaze and be amazed at the sights and the strength

[Luke has no name]

I love networking and datacenters... it seems very exciting to me to think about designing and maintaining a datacenter like that.

This was one of the most exciting threads I've ever read on Slashdot, if that tells you anything.

Hmm

[The MAZZTer]

Google didn't make the top 10? I'm shocked!

Re:Hmm

[Luke has no name]

They have 750 server farms vying for 11th.

Re:Hmm

[jimicus]

Oh come on. Put the crack pipe down.

Every OS has its quirks. Windows has bluescreens, Unix has kernel panics. And even if you put together a hardware/OS combination that isn't particularly vulnerable to such things, you've still got application software to deal with.

When you categorically must have the system as a whole working, when "oh dear that server just died horribly" is not allowed to cause the system as a whole to come crashing down, redundancy is very much a critical issue - I don't care if you're talking about Windows, Linux or VMS.

1.3 million square feet

[OzPeter]

While it won't be filled up with computer equipment, Quality Technology Services just bought the former Qimonda fab plant in Richmond VA for use as a data centre. At 1.3 million square feet it ranks (according the link) as one of largest in the USA. Who knows how much of it will be actually used, as I heard an interview with the CEO that said one of the reasons they bought the site was because it had "room for growth".

Re:1.3 million square feet

[value_added]

[T]he CEO that said one of the reasons they bought the site was because it had "room for growth".

I too have room for growth in my Command Center, just as soon as I finish clearing out that stack of old magazines where the router and CB Radio are sitting. Hmm. Come to think of it, I need another power strip.

Is A BotNet

[Anonymous Coward]

considered to be a "Data Center"?

Yours In Astrakhan,
Kilgore Trout

Re:And only 8 months behind schedule

[Em Emalb]

I'll take Guys who post in the wrong thread for $500, please Alex.

"This guy more than likely uses firefox and has at least two tabs open on slashdot." /hits buzzer

"Lucas123."
"Correct!"
"I'll take Guys who post in the wrong thread for $600, please Alex."

The 10

[Anonymous Coward]

Since the site is being clobbered and doesn't have a huge datacentre...

10. The SuperNAP, Las Vegas (Switch Communications)
9A and 9B. Microsoft Data Centers in Quincy Washington and San Antonio
8. CH1, Elk Grove Village, Ill. (DuPont Fabros)
7. Phoenix ONE, Phoenix (i/o Data Centers)
6. Microsoft Dublin (Microsoft)
5. Container Data Center, Chicago (Microsoft)
4. NGD Europe, Newport Wales (Next Generation Data)
3. The NAP of the Americas, Miami (Terremark)
2. Metro Technology Center, Atlanta (Quality Technology)
1. 350 East Cermak / Lakeside Technology Center (Digital Realty)

with the cooling costs

[circletimessquare]

i would have said that a datacenter in las vegas makes no sense

but of course, i'm forgetting the hoover dam: guaranteed cheap power

which makes sense, because the hoover dam is the only reason las vegas can exist as a city in the first place

so for any of you datacenter builders of the future: look for intersections of traffic flows and hydroelectric dams

Re:Gaze and be amazed at the sights and the streng

[jimicus]

You really need to get laid.

Re:And only 8 months behind schedule

[Monkeedude1212]

Yeah, I mean why would you leave Activision in the first place? It's not like EA is any better.

Re:And only 8 months behind schedule

[NotBornYesterday]

Ohh, I'm sorry Em Emalb, but you have to state your answer in the form of a question. The judges were looking for "Who is Lucas123." "What is Lucas123" would also have been acceptable.