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October 25, 2013 10:42 pm -04

Google May Already Be Launching Floating Data Centers Off U.S. Coasts

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Google, one of the world's largest users of data, may finally be making good on a four year-old patent to build offshore data centers — cooled and powered by the ocean, and potentially beyond reach of the government

An investigative report by CNET Friday found a great deal of evidence connecting the search giant to the mysterious "Building 3" on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, above. The building seems to the base for a mysterious four-story structure on a nearby barge that experts say is consistent with a floating data center

See also: Peek Inside Google's Vast Data Centers

Meanwhile, a very similar four-story building was towed on a barge into harbor in Portland, Maine, two weeks ago. On Wednesday, the Portland Herald speculated that the barge may have something to do with Google's offshore data center patent Read more...

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