Google has just launched anew sitethat offers visitors a glimpse into the massive data centers that power Google.
Google is also building data centers in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Chile.
Virtual tours of a North Carolina data center also will be available through Google’s ‘Street View’ service.
it’s possible for you to read more about the history and evolution of Googles infrastructure on thisWired article.
The fiber cables run along the yellow cable trays near the ceiling.
From Google: Our Council Bluffs data center provides over 115,000 square feet of space.
Huge steel beams both support the structure and help distribute power.
From Google: Plastic curtains hang in a internet room inside our Council Bluffs data center.
From Google: These colorful pipes are responsible for carrying water in and out of our Oregon data center.
These cables are organized by their specific hue.
On the floor, this can make things less technical: Hand me a blue one."
From Google: Blue LEDs on this row of servers tell us everything is running smoothly.
We use LEDs because they are energy efficient, long lasting and bright.
From Google: In case anything should happen to our data, we have it all backed up.
One of the places we back up information is here in our tape library.
This insulated tank holds water that we’ll send to the heart of the data center for cooling.
From Google: Each of our server racks has four switches, connected by a different colored cable.
Here hundreds of fans funnel hot air from the server racks into a cooling unit to be recirculated.
The green lights are the server status LEDs reflecting from the front of our servers.
From Google: Steam rises above the cooling towers in The Dalles data center in Oregon.
From Google: “Mike Barham swaps out a motherboard.
When server parts break, we first make a run at repair them.
and recycle the components.”
