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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