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Want Your Own Bunker Like WikiLeaks Or Pirate Bay?
talljamesnixon writes "Fancy starting up your own secure ISP? A bomb-proof Cold War nuclear bunker like the ones that hosted The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks has come on the market for just £400,000 ($635,000). Situated several metres under the rolling hills of Scotland, the Cultybraggan bunker cost £30 million to build, has space for 150 staff and includes its own BBC studio, canteen, telephone exchange and dormitories."
ISP? Hell, I want to live there! Just think of the parties you could throw.
one basement looks just like any other!
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...never looked so awesome. Although including a lifetime supply of Doritos and Snacky-cakes would sweeten the deal to where all the 30-somethings still living at home wouldn't be able to resist.
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There's one or 2 of these on the market every few years...
Here's an old Radar base up for sale for £250k
http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/InverbervieCEWRadarStation
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There's actually been a bit of a boom in these underground data bunkers in recent years, but there are also plenty of "nuke-proof" data center projects projects that have failed due to cost issues. It's more challenging than you think to prepare a subterranean environment to meet the standards for hosting servers for enterprises - who are usually the target customers due to the high cost of finishing the space. There are plenty of old military facilities available for retrofits, including one that's been listed on eEBay a few times. But the old military facilities are now competing against caves - the state of Missouri has been trying to pass economic incentives to convince developers to covnert the state's many limestone caves into disaster recovery centers.
RichM
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I can buy this, and then brag to the other cults that it's SO much better than THEIR end of the world refuges.
How much will shipping to the US cost?
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I used to work with a facility 100 feet underground, it was an old limestone quarry, more like a mine really. Anyhow they have these all over the St. Louis area, most of them are used for warehouse space. They are a constant temp about 68F and constant humidity.
The biggest problem we had was Limestone dust, it got into everything, killed dozens of hard drives. Once we got filtered air to an enclosed space everything was fine. Power seemed to be good most of the time, we still had UPS units. The only other big issue was getting new circuits to the demarc, if you're having one put in, have them run as many lines as you can afford, getting new ones takes a while.
Lastly you need borderline submariners to work there, no windows, nothing but artifical light, its psychological but some folks can't take it. I was there one week while they were recruiting and one gal quit on her first day.
And if you ever get lonely, there are lots and lots of nearby sheep!
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Anyone wanting to see some photos of the place can look here:
- http://www.scottish-places.info/features/moregpix7987.html
- http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/Cultybraggan
There are also some videos on YouTube.
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
That picture is of the mess hall in a nissen hut in the camp, not of the interior of the bunker!
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While cool, its not all THAT uncommon. There are tons of these scattered around the US and other countries. Shoot, I know someone who owns one, and moved his electronics company there. Been in it a few times.
Problem is, these bunkers are usually out in the middle of nowhere, and not in the best of condition. Once you purchase from the US government, you have to fix it up (my friend had several water pumps to pump out where water leaked into it), then you have to pay a buttload to get halfway decent internet out there. If you are going to be running an ISP, you are probably going to be sinking twice the amount of the bunker, or more, into retrofitting and fiber lines to the nearest major city.
Most people who have these simply have them for the "whoa, cool" factor.