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November 21, 2005

Google's Portable Data Centers & Alternative Internet Speculation

Google-Mart from PBS's Robert X. Cringely covers Google apparently having developed incredibly compact data centers that can fit into a shipping container, suitable for perhaps dropping at internet nexus points. Purpose? Cringely speculates that high speed data centers plus its own bandwidth means Google will effectively have its own internet, giving it a competitive advantage that others can't meet.

Posted by Danny Sullivan at November 21, 2005 9:51 AM