Google's data centers have fiber optic networks that are over 200,000 times faster than typical home internet connections. The fiber cables run along ceiling trays in colors and pipes supply and return cooling water. One data center is located in a renovated paper mill in Finland taking advantage of nearby cooling waters. Google uses robotic arms and barcodes to access tape backups and energy efficient blue LEDs indicate servers are running smoothly. Pipes have u-bends to expand and contract with temperature changes.

1. AND THE WAIT IS OVER: GOOGLE UNVEILS ITS
DATACENTRE PICS

2. 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.

3. BLUE PIPES SUPPLY COLD WATER AND THE RED PIPES RETURN THE WARM WATER BACK TO BE COOLED AT
GOOGLE'S OREGON DATA CENTER.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. DENISE HARWOOD DIAGNOSES AN OVERHEATED CPU.

8. INSULATED PIPES LIKE THESE HAVE A U-BEND SO THEY CAN EXPAND AND CONTRACT AS THE FLUID
TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE PIPE CHANGES.

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

10. ETHERNET SWITCHES ALLOW GOOGLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH AND MONITOR CONTROLS FOR THE COOLING
SYSTEM IN ITS DATA CENTRE.

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

12. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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from E.W.I.T , Bangalore 2012 batch who expresses his views
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