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So, basically, the Lenoir data center is their sightseeing location for "factory tours". The only data stored there is probably Doodles...

• Evbn 14y ago
  Yeah so you can't actually see the data when you visit a data center.
  • squarecat 14y ago
    Understood, which is why Google, if it's going to all the effort of setting up open door press days, is missing a huge opportunity by not employing hypervisualized metaphors/exhibits to demonstrate how truly amazing a modern data center is, not to mention reinforcing how critical it is for so much of what the average user does every day. They should probably contract a couple Disney Imagineers and do it right. They could benefit from the the humanizing effects and even create a quirky, niche destination in the process. Hell, throw in an "Android Experience" showroom and it'd probably even have legitimate commercial value.
    • rpearl 14y ago
      It would all be fake. What's the point?
      • jodrellblank 14y ago
        Just think how much wasted effort and embarrassment you could have saved Pixar, Disney / Disneyworld, HollyWood, Shakespeare and JK Rowling if you'd been there to point this out to them.
        • rpearl 14y ago
          you're totally right, industrial data centers are the same as entertainment venues and should be combined.
    • plywoodtrees 14y ago
      Conceptual cartoony view of how a data centre works: http://www.google.com/green/storyofsend http://www.google.com/green/storyofsend