Photos of Google’s Latest $600 Million Data Center

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Photos of Google’s Latest $600 Million Data Center

By CircleID Reporter
October 22, 2008, 10:06 pm PDT Views: 8,793 Add Comment

Earlier this month, Google officially opened its new data center in South Carolina which was first reported during April of 2007 when the company announced its plans to invest $600 million in the project. This data center is one of the four new data center projects announced by Google last year with other locations being Lenoir, North Carolina; Council Bluffs, Iowa and Pryor, Oklahoma.

In his analysis today, Rich Miller of Data Center Knowledge says: “Could this be Google’s version of the two-story approach used by Microsoft in Chicago, with a first story packed with containers and an upper floor using conventional racks? Or might the ‘parking deck’ serve another purpose?”

Google datacenter built on a 210 hectare site at the Mt. Holly Commerce Park in Berkeley County near Charleston, Goose Creek, South Carolina. Photo by TheDigital

Related Links:
A Look At Google’s Newest Data Center (Analysis by Data Center Knowledge, 10/22/2008)
Google’s South Carolina ‘search’ begins in Berkeley (Opening Day Photos and Video by The Digital, 10/8/2008)
Berkeley County’s Big Day (Opening Day Photos by Lowcountry Bloggers, 10/8/2008)
Google to build $600M datacenter in South Carolina (Google’s 2007 Annoucement, InfoWorld, 3/5/2008)

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