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SAN FRANCISCO: Google is opening a virtual window into the
secretive data centers where an intricate maze of computers
process internet search requests, show YouTube video clips
and distribute email for millions of people.
The unprecedented peek is being provided through a new
website unveiled at
The
site features photos from inside some of the eight data
centers that Google already has running in the US, Finland
and Belgium. Google is also building data centers in Hong
Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Chile.
Virtual tours of a North Carolina data center also will be
available through Google's "Street View'' service, which is
usually used to view photos of neighborhoods around the
world.
The photographic access to Google's data centers coincides
with the publication of a Wired magazine article about how
the company builds and operates them. The article is written
by Steven Levy, a journalist who won Google's trust while
writing "In The Plex,'' a book published last year about the
company's philosophy and evolution.
The data centers represent Google's nerve center, although
none are located near the company's headquarters in Mountain
View, California.
