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Street view - Take a walk through a Google data center. Star wars trooper in Google Data Center... Video - Explore a Google data center with Street View. Website - Centres de données – Google Centres de données. Retour Lorsque vous consultez un site Web de Google (comme en ce moment), vous accédez à l'un des réseaux de serveurs les plus puissants au monde. Mais à quoi ressemble ce réseau en réalité ? Voici l'occasion de voir Internet de l'intérieur. Qui se cache dans les coulisses de la vaste toile mondiale que nous appelons Internet ? Des petits génies ? Certainement. Mais aussi des accros aux marathons de zombies, des amateurs de jeux de société et des fans de voitures anciennes. Que faut-il pour héberger le Web dans de bonnes conditions ?

Chez Google, nous nous efforçons depuis des années d'optimiser la conception de nos centres de données afin de réduire notre empreinte écologique. Dans notre centre de données de Pryor en Oklahoma, nous avons tissé des liens étroits avec la communauté des Indiens Cherokee. L'une des raisons pour lesquelles nous avons choisi la ville de Lenoir en Caroline du Nord tient à son passé de ville manufacturière dans l'industrie du meuble. Official Google Blog - an inside look. Very few people have stepped inside Google’s data centers, and for good reason: our first priority is the privacy and security of your data, and we go to great lengths to protect it, keeping our sites under close guard. While we’ve shared many of our designs and best practices, and we’ve been publishing our efficiency data since 2008, only a small set of employees have access to the server floor itself. Today, for the first time, you can see inside our data centers and pay them a virtual visit.

On Where the Internet lives, our new site featuring beautiful photographs by Connie Zhou, you’ll get a never-before-seen look at the technology, the people and the places that keep Google running. The server floor in Council Bluffs, Iowa Night falls over our Lenoir, North Carolina data center In addition, you can now explore our Lenoir, NC data center at your own pace in Street View. Google takes us inside their data centers, shows you where the internet lives (video) Ever fancied a look inside one of Google's cavernous server farms? Given the security issues, the company isn't likely to just let anyone mooch around -- but understands if you're curious. That's why it's adding a special collection to its Street View data that lets you wander inside without a big trek to Iowa, Belgium or Finland. If you'd like to sample some of the delights, you can check out our gallery or head down past the break to get a video tour of the facility in Lenoir, NC.

Inside Google’s Data Centers See all photos 22 Photos [Image Credit: Connie Zhou / Google] Comments. Where the Internet Lives: The First-Ever Glimpse Inside Google’s Data Centers. So it really is a series of tubes. For the first time ever Google has posted dozens of rare photographs inside and around its data centers revealing the absurd level of organization, energy and design that goes into powering some of the largest, most powerful systems plugged into the internet. My absolute favorite aspect is the color-coordinated design of their infrastructure as it correlates to the Google logo. What wonderful attention to detail. See many more photos of their eight data centers and Street View imagery of their Lenoir, NC data center at Where the Internet Lives.