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Amusing easter eggs throughout. One guy has rick roll videos playing on both his computers.


Love the storm trooper.


Not very effective security considering the R2 unit rolling past him.


That wasn't the droid he was looking for.


So, basically, the Lenoir data center is their sightseeing location for "factory tours".

The only data stored there is probably Doodles...


Yeah so you can't actually see the data when you visit a data center.


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.


It would all be fake. What's the point?


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.


you're totally right, industrial data centers are the same as entertainment venues and should be combined.


Conceptual cartoony view of how a data centre works: http://www.google.com/green/storyofsend




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