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Photo Tour of Google's Data Centers

Posted by Unknown on 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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  1. Some background information in Wired article by concealment · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Journalist Stephen Levy goes into the data center itself:

    "Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data Center"

    Pretty fascinating stuff. I didn't expect the whole thing to be run on C-64s.

  2. Terrible inteface by hackertourist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The photo tour has one of the worst interfaces I've seen for viewing photos. Hiding half of the photo caption by default? Who comes up with this idiocy?

    One small redeeming feature is that they haven't hijacked the right-click with a bloody Lightbox script.

  3. Re:color condinated pipes ! by thegarbz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    its so you know what the fuck is running through them.

    Which is relevant to some idiot plumber called out to fix a leaking pipe in some standard looking government building, not to a closed building serviced and maintained by trained staff on site.

    Who the hell cares what colour they paint them or what the industry standards say as long as the people who maintain the system know?