Google container data center tour 

Its so interesting to see such old stuff. Google started with one tiny rack in 98, 7 years later with thousands of servers in containers and nowadays with multiple huge data centers all over the world 👍

3:28 Googles provided personal transportation device :D thats proper 100% corporate jargon! :D

'Google provided transportational personal device' LMAO

Love it, the whole container idea is great, I want one in my back garden please.

Appreciate the time that Google's engineers had put into every part of their DC to make it greener.

They probably take advantage of cooler climates when it's available, but you can assume they have these located in different areas to help service everyone.

Amazing to see what the cloud really looks like!

Because there is so much indexing that is needed to be done and retrieved so fast and such a high quantity.

It's amazing for me as Indonesian to know more about Google, specially for Google container data center

Remo Williams: What do these things do, keep track of your wardrobe? I thought they figured out a way to make them smaller? Conn MacCleary: These *are* the smaller ones.

Here, we see him making his way on his google-provided personal transportation device.

It would be cool to see an animation of data flow when one accesses gmail. There's so much more than meets the eye, as evidenced by this video.

Great Video ~ Google are always at the forefront of the data centre industry!

I was reading a book on how the modern world works. It's kinda like an encyclopedia of modern technology. They included Google in the book. It basically said Googleplex was like being in a playground wile at work. They have ball-pits, pool tables.... and a lots more. Scooters are a simple and efficient solution to transportation in that place. Segways would be overkill, for they are bulky and may ram into something.

One of the neatest and most efficient data server farms I have seen in a long time, management of power, Airflow etc is critical to efficient operation. Couple this with a BIG solar Array and Batteries it would be as green as you could get some of our reliance of Computer IT.

seeing this in 2024 makes me proud!

These containers remind me of the mobile ADP container vans that housed the UNIVAC 1500 data-processing systems I used to maintain in the Marines back in the 70's. We could tear down and redeploy the entire system via airlift to anywhere in the world within three days.

Thank you for sharing this really interesting inside look. I learned a few useful things.

Gotta love dem personal transportation devices :D

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"Google-provided personal transportation device." Awesome way to say scooter :D

Future of networks safety: Not only applications are isolated in containers, but also the physical servers themselves.

Nice to see how Google manages it's data centers.. :)

Cannot get much better than that...good job.

this video is recorded in 2007 but this datacenter is still the biggest one

with this serious voice. "... on his Google-provided personal transportation device"

@karrotop Reason one : packaging and handling costs are much less. Shipping container method : build 1000 servers, install in shipping container, test the system, ship the container. Rack method : build 1000 servers, pack in 1000 boxes, load 1000 boxes into shipping container, ship container, remove and unpack 1000 boxes, fit to racks and test. Reason two, cooling system - don't have to cool the whole building. Reason three, more resistant to fire, flood, earthquake etc.

Thanks for making this interesting!

"Here we see him making his way on his google provided personal transportation device" a.k.a A small scooter. Man it looks fun though XD

This is the 21st century version of the film strips kids had to watch in the 50's.

it all seems so simple from a browser, you type a search term or check your email and that's that. the scale of the infrastructure behind it is mind boggling.

VERY well done data center. Would have LOVED to wire that one up!!

Very interesting technology, keep up the good work guys.

1:07 "see a medium to low voltage distribution center" (in the back ground- "High Voltage Keep Out!"

I would totally get one of those myself. ^_^ *Flies to California to the Googleplex to buy one*

Makes the room sized computers of the 1950's look like a phone.

WOW!!! I have worked in some large data centers all over the country but nothing like this. Very impressive Google.

Most Awesomest video ! amazingly creative design.

3:47 Good to see Google has it's fair share of tagging.

Al Kaida EMEA expresses its unsurpassable gratitude for this helpful introduction.

This is the original OLDEST video n on RU-vid

This is amazing! I wish that all datacentres looked so clean and well maintained! Google, you're doing one hell of a nice job there!

Data stored on google is saved in 3 or more areas at the same time.

We were using container data centers in the 90s in the military, we could pickup the dc and have it across the world in 2 weeks. We used the TAVB as the ship of choice to deploy.

This would be my dream home!

@AnasTangi it's not just the ads, it's how you see the ads. google has a thing called ad sense and it tracks your searches and preferences and then uses that info to give you the best add this is something tv cant do and advertisers pay allot for it

Your detective skills are reall top notch!

Very impressive video !

100 years later, our SD cards will be 10x more powerful

The best... Wow... Congratulations. Google is building the World.

I knew all those ads had to come from somewhere.

Brilliant use case for an interlaced video where the camera is panning most of the time. Kudos Google! :-)

@johnmacward cant comment on US standards but australian standards only which I am assuming are similar to US (we use 240VAC50Hz not 110/60)..upto 60VDC/45VAC is classified as ELV (extra low), upto 1500VDC/1000VAC is classifed as LV, and over 1500VDC/1000VAC is classified as HV.

every few months I haven an argument with an "expert" or one of my bosses because I`ve set cold aisle temperature at 26°C

all this was just a website in 1998 .. inspirational

Wow. Amazing 👌

Imagine how many 'lol's are stored in that building.

@Armornone I work with a lot of datacenters and the idea of open data centers is a dying idea since you have to cool a much larger space instead of just the devices. This in turn requires more cooling power. Also if you have ever been in a large datacenter you would know that there are always areas were heat builds up and cool air lingers. Every large datacenter with the open floor plan runs into this problem.

@johnmacward they are low voltage cables.

No, I don't think that. I think that you could pretty much use one of their datacenters as an ISP.

@foxgott16 no actually google does, facebook only has 1 floor for its server. google has 3, google also has more servers per floor

amazing.....

it's nice to know google have their own taggers (graffiti the doors).

3:40 That GPPTD is pretty high-tech stuff XD

You think a bigger data center gives you more speed? :Facepalm:

@megadoudatron Not just any ads... interest based, location based, targeted ads! Its big business

@3:38"Google Provided Personal Transportation Device"

So here's my question...do you think there are over a million viewers interested in data centers? or is it because it's google? I'm hoping for the interest in data centers because then my youtube video on my data center comics will stand a chance :)

Well if you are eager to know were your RU-vid video comes from, its called a data center and this is google' s data center.

Why do none of you understand? This is a SERIOUS video used by Google employees to demonstrate th effecient output of one of Google's Container Data Centres, not a video to laugh at because they called a scooter a 'Google Provided Personal Transportation Device'. They were just saying it as it is to avoid confusion.

Gotta love Raid. Each unit the engineer changes is a part of a Raid within the container. A single container is part of Raid in the DataCenter. Each DC is a Raid piece for Google. Containers are probably hot-swapable :) In case of disaster they just decide if they should sacrifice the web-search-indexes from 2003 or your emails from 3 years ago. :)....and its probably your emails.

@razamoh Those guys are geniuses... of course they've already thought about natural disasters and already taken necessary steps. This isn't the only data center they have

They actually do provide their workers with scooters to get around. It's pretty awesome. XD

@thereddog223 This is one of many data centres Google owns. Googles processes enormous data quantities (gmail, google+, etc...).

Looks like a Mirror's Edge level, with the red pipes and stuff :D

Congratulations Google! Your effort for green ideas is admirable!

That would be just ONE of the many Data centres I'd say.........

oh great cooling plant everything is so good, seems like spaceship i like the power system i wanna make something like this Google system in my house!

why are the power distribution cables low-voltage? would make more sense to raise the voltage to decrease power losses. would probably make more sense also to leave all area lights off and use flashlights for servicing...

Olá, estou fazendo um TCC sobre o telescópio SKA sobre o armazenamento e transferência de dados. Queria saber qual é o tráfego diário da Google e a quantidade de armazenamento que ela suporta por dia? Obrigado

For a while there, I thought that one had to wear a pony tail to work for Google - then I saw the second technician.... Henri

doesn't matter, they have backup servers everywhere.

thanks

I wonder how often they would have to upgrade it.. Imagine how much information gets stored in their data centers daily.

Billions of yeaars of information...in one building.

@doomtomb3 Part of the comps are running bots called spiders. These spiders search and index pages from internet. Rest of the comps store the links and details about these pages and list them on how many links lead to them. You'll see these links and details when you use Google. Yes, internet is such a big place. That's why they need that much of storage.

wonderful datacentre

Why container roofs are closed? If they were open it would improve noticeably heat dissipation.

Excellent Video Tour.

Wow I think I should attach my computers to the main public water pipe since they all catch on fire ;) inspiration

I would love an updated video!

one of the more biggus data center of the world !!!! i would be proud to work there L:

Imagine if there was a maintenance issue...Holy! I do like the color coding of the conduits though.

there was tagging on one of the doors ^^

@xmaxfactorx If Google owns Facebook, why did they make Google +?

This is one of many datacenters that google use for their services

@saknk1 - They are more secure because that's allot of personal data stored inside

I wonder what the noise level is inside one of those containers

What type of security protects the plant against sabotage, what would it mean for Google and all of us users if it were taken out of service?

With onboard graphic chips? Don't you understand the difference between a server and a gaming machine?