Googleplex grows more brain cells
re: two new Google datacenters in Oregon.
Hiding in Plain Sight, Google Seeks More Power - New York Times
Discussion on Slashdot.
Dam that may (or may not) have a hand in controlling water level in the river running alongside said datacenters.
## update 06.27.2006
June 14th, 2006 at 2:23 pm
why haven’t terrorists hit a data center? I suppose WTC and Pentagon are data centers, of a sort..
June 14th, 2006 at 3:20 pm
Yes they are/were.
Do you consider coders who write malicious virii terrorists?
My personal datacenter has been hit numerous times by the 1940’s-era wiring in the walls… although I guess that’s really a facilities issue.
Seriously, the distributed nature of the Googleplex[1] makes it highly resilient to infrastructure-level attacks and disasters. It’s the way all applications will be one day[2].
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[1] From the little I understand via public sources.
[2] The day Google assumes complete control.