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Re: Google Data centers

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Post by nemesisj »

deelowe wrote: post #19
nemesisj wrote: post #14

Heh - one of those data centers (Lenoir) was the focus of quite a bit of optimism in the Piedmont area of North Carolina a few years ago. I can't find the news articles, but essentially, massive tax benefits were provided to Google and they built their data center and proceeded to hire like 4 people, b/c, you know, it's not a factory. This was apparently a surprise to everyone who thought a new googleplex was somehow…

They hired quite a bit more than 4 people and there are positions open currently.

The article linked above mentioned one person hired at the time of its writing (2007). Obviously it's six years later now, but even if they hired two hundred, it would still be a staggering investment by the local government ($1 million per job).

Again, I'm not sure what the point here is as US States are not much different from countries in a race to the bottom, other than sooner or later you hit bottom. I mainly just found it amusing as it was a huge deal for Lenoir and now here it is on the front page of HN!

Re: Google Data centers

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Post by ChrisArchitect »

melling wrote: post #8
miu9089 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How endearing. Are you aware of recent reports in the news? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-... Please think twice before using a Google service.

It looks like he has been on HN for 2 years so I would conclude that he has heard the news, and quit wasting people's time.

true. yet we have this link of datacenter photos that has been around for like a year. so old man.

Re: Google Data centers

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Post by walshemj »

nemesisj wrote: post #21
deelowe wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They hired quite a bit more than 4 people and there are positions open currently.

The article linked above mentioned one person hired at the time of its writing (2007). Obviously it's six years later now, but even if they hired two hundred, it would still be a staggering investment by the local government ($1 million per job). Again, I'm not sure what the point here is as US States are not much different from countries in a race to the bottom, other than sooner or later you hit bottom. I mainly ju…

Yeah I remember doing a back of the envelope calculation and for Google style DC's you could get away with 20-30 FTE plus a small security team (from someone like group 4) to man the gates patrol the site.

I think at least some Google DC's have a small office block on site possibly for adwords employees.

Re: Google Data centers

#25

Post by rbnio »

codfrantic wrote: post #18

Most of these pictures have been online for a while, I specifically remember that this[⊗] one was photoshopped because the machines in the racks left and right are mirror images of one another... [⊗] https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/gallery/#/all/23

The family of deer that "moved in" next to the Iowa data center [1] also looks quite photoshopped...

[1] https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/gallery/#/places/2

Re: Google Data centers

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Post by walshemj »

yogo wrote: post #5

The area where meth is cooked looks nice http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/gallery/images/_2000... :)

Not sure from a H&S issue that the local fire chief would be happy with a diy color coding scheme - there are standards for this sort of thing.

Re: Google Data centers

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Post by cahitonur »

alphakappa wrote: post #7

These are beautiful pictures, but it was hard to navigate. 'Go Inside' for example, would dump in the middle of a gallery of images, making me think that I had missed the thumbnails at the beginning. Having a button in the middle of these images was also weird (as is having to click something just to see what the images are about. There's plenty of screen real-estate to show the image caption). Also strange is that t…

Nice to see that I'm not the only one having problems with this page. First I thought I have JavaScript disabled but it was not. I just gave up after a couple minutes struggling and refresh.

I had a very similar feeling when I login to g+. It's loading and loading and loading but I don't get anything in the end. I started to think twice before I click a google link.

Re: Google Data centers

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Post by jb007 »

jrockway wrote: post #15
miu9089 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mentioning the duplicitous activity of Google in a story about their data centers is very much on-topic. I heavily suspect you work for Google.

-11 karma points in only 43 minutes of existence. Good work.

I don't think this individual cares about points.

Re: Google Data centers

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Post by jamesaguilar »

nemesisj wrote: post #21
deelowe wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They hired quite a bit more than 4 people and there are positions open currently.

The article linked above mentioned one person hired at the time of its writing (2007). Obviously it's six years later now, but even if they hired two hundred, it would still be a staggering investment by the local government ($1 million per job). Again, I'm not sure what the point here is as US States are not much different from countries in a race to the bottom, other than sooner or later you hit bottom. I mainly ju…

It's not clear how much of that money is actual investment and how much of it is taxes forgone that they wouldn't have gotten anyway had Google not chosen to locate there. I think it gives a slightly skewed view to call the whole amount an "investment."

Disclaimer: Googler, commenting as private person, not as company rep, etc.

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