Google Modular Data center
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The Google Modular Data Center is a set of data center containers used by Google as its servers. They were revealed on April 1, 2009, during the first Google Data Center Efficiency Summit in Mountain View
, California
. The data centers are rumored to cost $600 million USD each, and use from 50 to 103 megawatts of electricity. They house the computing resources that comprise the Google platform
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United States
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Global:
Mountain View, California
-Downtown:Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The data centers are rumored to cost $600 million USD each, and use from 50 to 103 megawatts of electricity. They house the computing resources that comprise the Google platform
Google platform
Google requires large computational resources in order to provide their services. This article describes the technological infrastructure behind Google's websites, as presented in the company's public announcements.-Original hardware:...
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Locations
The locations of Google's various data centers are as follows:United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
:
- Berkeley County, South Carolina
- Council Bluffs, Iowa
- Douglas County, Georgia
- Mayes County, Oklahoma
- Lenoir, North Carolina
- The Dalles, Oregon
Global:
- St. Ghislain, Belgium
- Hamina, Finland