{"id":3432,"date":"2012-03-16T00:42:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T05:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=3432"},"modified":"2012-03-16T00:43:18","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T05:43:18","slug":"super-secret-google-builds-servers-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=3432","title":{"rendered":"Super-secret Google builds servers in the dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Google is one of many big-name Web outfits that lease data center space from Equinix\u2014a company whose massive computing facilities serve as hubs for the world\u2019s biggest Internet providers. All the big Web names set up shop in these data centers, so that they too can plug into the hub. The irony is that they must also share space with their biggest rivals, and this may cause some unease with companies that see their hardware as a competitive advantage best hidden from others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/business\/news\/2012\/03\/super-secret-google-builds-servers-in-the-dark.ars\">Super-secret Google builds servers in the dark<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Google declined to comment on Sharp\u2019s little anecdote. But the tale is not surprising. Google designs its own servers and its own networking gear, and though it still leases space in third-party data centers such as the Equinix facility, it\u2019s now designing and building its own data centers as well. These designs are meant to improve the performance of the company\u2019s Web services but also save power and money. More so than any other outfit, Google views its data center work as an important advantage over competitors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google is one of many big-name Web outfits that lease data center space from Equinix\u2014a company whose massive computing facilities serve as hubs for the world\u2019s biggest Internet providers. All the big Web names set up shop in these data &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=3432\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[284],"tags":[41,423,545],"class_list":["post-3432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-servers","tag-data-centers","tag-google","tag-proprietary-information"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3432"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3434,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3432\/revisions\/3434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}