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Photo Tour of Google's Data Centers

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @02:31AM from the server-pr0n dept.

For anyone curious about how Google's data centers look on the insidie, NMajik writes with word that Google published a photo tour of their secretive data centers. They look like the future, with a soft blue glow and color-coordinated cooling pipes.

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Re:And it's all for ads by PhreakinPenguin · 2012-10-17 02:42 · Score: 3, Informative

Except they offer more than search and ads. TOns of other services make up their server farms. Especially their new tech like fiber to homes and TV

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Re:And it's all for ads by TomNext70 · 2012-10-17 02:44 · Score: 4, Informative

How did that work out for them? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuil
Re:Delete my history by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-17 03:41 · Score: 3, Informative

Except that they do. See http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=465 and https://history.google.com/history/ to delete your history.
Re:And it's all for ads by Rui+Lopes · 2012-10-17 05:43 · Score: 1, Informative

(Googler here.) Right, and constantly crawling + re-indexing the entire Web doesn't require CPU nor memory.

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