rare glimpse into Google's data centers

[SandEagle]

http://hothardware.com/News/Google-Offers-Rare-Glimpse-Of-Its-Top-Secret-Data-Centers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ide-vast-data-centres-power-online-world.html

cool pics inside

 

[SheHateMe]

Well isnt that festive..

 

[bradley]

That is what heaven must look like in the center of pure hell.

 

[phobsi]

that is one photogenic data center..

 

[AMCRambler]

Skynet looks a lot different then we imagined.

 

[IronWing]

It really is a series of tubes!

 

[RelaxTheMind]

reminds me of that old pipe screen saver thing

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

So...you can't work there if you're colour-blind?

Damn. So that rules me out.

 

[The_Dude8]

are those tubes for water cooling?

 

[AMCRambler]

are those tubes for water cooling?

No those are the intertoobs. Intarwebs are inside them.

 

[BUTCH1]

Those cooling towers are friggin massive and there's like ten of 'em...

 

[andylawcc]

No those are the intertoobs. Intarwebs are inside them.

:like;

 

[SparkyJJO]

It really is a series of tubes!

I knew it!

 

[lxskllr]

I wonder if data centers reclaim the heat they produce. It seems kind of dumb to just release it to the environment.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Awesome to see all that stuff. The hvac alone is insane. Some of those server scenes look almost like science fiction too.

I'm actually thinking of a water based heat exchanger setup for my server room when I build it. Kind of neat to see Google using this in super large scale.

 

[sun_tzu]

I would be so afraid to touch anything in there.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

reminds me of that old pipe screen saver thing

Yes it does

So many servers :drool:

 

[Demo24]

Lenoir seems like an odd place for a data center, wonder how much it cost them to get fiber lines up there. Still, was neat to street view through it, would love to see one in person.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Didn't realize Google had a DC in Council Bluffs

 

[Exterous]

I don't get it - did a cop shoot a google server for resisting arrest or something?

It really is a series of tubes!

I am pretty sure I saw Al Gore in the video

 

[darkewaffle]

Neato. I like the picture with the "Google Bike" they provide to employees because the building is so large lol.

 

[Red Storm]

Street View of a data center in NC:

From the outside

Front door

Inside

lol Storm Trooper in the inside shot.

 

[SandEagle]

I wonder if data centers reclaim the heat they produce. It seems kind of dumb to just release it to the environment.

"Here hundreds of fans funnel hot air from the server racks into a cooling unit to be recirculated in Oklahoma. The green lights are the server status LEDs reflecting from the front of the servers"

 

[ravana]

Didn't realize Google had a DC in Council Bluffs

It is the only tourist attraction I know of in CB

 

[lxskllr]

"Here hundreds of fans funnel hot air from the server racks into a cooling unit to be recirculated in Oklahoma. The green lights are the server status LEDs reflecting from the front of the servers"

I read that, but it isn't clear to me what they mean. Does the air get cooled, and returned, or do they use it for heating something useful?