{"id":121218,"date":"2009-12-31T17:49:36","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T22:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/blog\/itinnovation\/articles\/20091231\/0337117559.shtml"},"modified":"2009-12-31T17:49:36","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T22:49:36","slug":"who-says-data-centers-arent-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/121218","title":{"rendered":"Who Says Data Centers Aren&#8217;t Cool?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/images\/iti\/iti-sun-intel-btn.png\" alt=\"Sun \/ Intel\" class=\"alignleft\"\/> This post is part of the IT Innovation series, sponsored by Sun &amp; Intel.  Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itinnovation.com\/\">ITInnovation.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n            Of course, the content of this post consists entirely of the thoughts and opinions of the author.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ah data centers.  They may seem like a rather boring concept, but Data Center Knowledge recently put together a rather long <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/the-coolest-data-center-video-tours\/\" >list of some of the coolest data center video tours<\/a> including Google&#8217;s infamous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bs3Et540-_s&#038;feature=player_embedded\">data center<\/a>:<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"349\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bs3Et540-_s&#038;rel=0&#038;border=1&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bs3Et540-_s&#038;rel=0&#038;border=1&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\nAs well as a &#8220;James Bond&#8221; data center <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qwlATf9xse4&#038;feature=player_embedded\" >buried 100 feet beneath Stockholm<\/a> in a former military bunker, with backup power from submarine engines and which has <i>waterfalls<\/i> and a glass-enclosed conference room that appears to &#8220;float&#8221; above the colo floor.<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"349\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qwlATf9xse4&#038;rel=0&#038;border=1&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qwlATf9xse4&#038;rel=0&#038;border=1&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\nI have to admit, suddenly data centers seem a lot cooler.  Anyway, those are just the top two.  The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/the-coolest-data-center-video-tours\/\" >Data Center Knowledge<\/a> link has a bunch more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/blog\/itinnovation\/articles\/20091231\/0337117559.shtml\">Permalink<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/blog\/itinnovation\/articles\/20091231\/0337117559.shtml#comments\">Comments<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/article.php?sid=20091231\/0337117559&#038;op=sharethis\">Email This Story<\/a><br \/>\n <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=b35008646de34d0d5f6589637c7b4d45&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=b35008646de34d0d5f6589637c7b4d45&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2225\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.techdirt.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?a=m0UcDZaFFGc:1JuD-t5DymE:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?i=m0UcDZaFFGc:1JuD-t5DymE:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.techdirt.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?a=m0UcDZaFFGc:1JuD-t5DymE:c-S6u7MTCTE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?d=c-S6u7MTCTE\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/techdirt\/feed\/~4\/m0UcDZaFFGc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is part of the IT Innovation series, sponsored by Sun &amp; Intel. 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