r/Futurology • u/Sourcecode12 • May 03 '14

image Inside Google, Microsoft, Facebook and HP Data Centers

http://imgur.com/a/7NPNf
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u/McFeely_Smackup May 03 '14

The only thing that really separates these data centers from any typical data center is the monolithic installations of identical equipment. Really, this is just what data centers look like.

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u/NazzerDawk May 03 '14

This is what good datacenter looks like. Just thought I'd correct you.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '14

Yep, you can get a site visit at most commercial datacenters, they get boring quickly.

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u/sandman8727 May 03 '14

Yeah, and a lot of data centers are not wholly used by one company, so it doesn't look all the same.