AND THE WAIT IS OVER: GOOGLE UNVEILS ITS

DATACENTRE PICS

THE FIBRE OPTIC NETWORKS AT GOOGLE CAN RUN AT SPEEDS THAT ARE MORE THAN 200,000 TIMES

FASTER THAN A TYPICAL HOME INTERNET CONNECTION. THE FIBRE CABLES RUN ALONG THE YELLOW CABLE

TRAYS NEAR THE CEILING.

BLUE PIPES SUPPLY COLD WATER AND THE RED PIPES RETURN THE WARM WATER BACK TO BE COOLED AT

GOOGLE'S OREGON DATA CENTER.

A DATA CENTRE IN HAMINA, FINLAND, IS A RENOVATED OLD PAPER MILL, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE

BUILDING'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROXIMITY TO THE GULF OF FINLAND'S COOLING WATERS.

ONE PLACE GOOGLE BACKS UP INFORMATION IS IN ITS TAPE LIBRARY. ROBOTIC ARMS, GUIDED BY UNIQUE

BARCODES, LOAD AND UNLOADING TAPES WHEN GOOGLE NEEDS TO ACCESS THEM.

ENERGY-EFFICIENT BLUE LEDS ON THIS ROW OF SERVERS TELL GOOGLE EVERYTHING IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY.

DENISE HARWOOD DIAGNOSES AN OVERHEATED CPU.

INSULATED PIPES LIKE THESE HAVE A U-BEND SO THEY CAN EXPAND AND CONTRACT AS THE FLUID

TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE PIPE CHANGES.

CABLES ARE ORGANISED BY COLOUR. ON THE FLOOR, THIS CAN MAKE THINGS LESS TECHNICAL: "HAND ME A

BLUE ONE.

ETHERNET SWITCHES ALLOW GOOGLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH AND MONITOR CONTROLS FOR THE COOLING

SYSTEM IN ITS DATA CENTRE.

STORAGE TANKS LIKE THESE CAN HOLD UP TO 900,000 LITRES OF WATER FOR COOLING.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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from E.W.I.T , Bangalore 2012 batch who expresses his views

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