Databases In Caves? A Unique Google Fiber Bid

An anonymous reader writes "Plenty of cities have submitted bids for the Google Fiber project, with most of their bids being centered around the attributes that could describe many communities. Yet one small midwestern town, with much less fanfare than the metropolitan bids, provided an unusual proposition for Google in their likely quixotic nomination. Quincy, IL, has an extensive series of underground caverns that could provide year-round temperature control, dedicated hydroelectric power, and security in the case of a terrorist attack."

Comments

Damn those Quincy Fools!!!!

[jameskojiro]

Dear Captain-Commander,

It was bad enough that they were breaking the balance between the soul re-incarnation cycle, but now they are wanting to build a datacenter in their secret underground cave. How is the Research and Development division supposed to keep up with that? It isn't like there is unlimited space to place to place a giant data center in the middle of the Seireitei. I should have killed that little punk Ishida when I had the chance. I guess now I am going to have to build the thing Heuco Mundo, which is fine, but running a data link from there to the World of the Living is such an enourmous pain the in neck. I guess I will have to pay those Quincys a little "research" visit.

Signed,
Mayuri Kurotsuchi

Re:no, caves suck

[Tmack]

Obviously these are man made caves. Not naturally formed ones carved by water.

Then it should be called such, rather than just cave, as I stated. The word Cave by itself is defined as a NATURAL space formed by natural processes.

Pedantic, yes, but if you told a bunch of geologists you are going to run a datacenter in a cave you would get a bunch of strange looks from them if you didnt say "man made" first.

-Tm
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