datacenter

Assemble racks, servers, and cables together, according to a detailed plan. Ensure the presence of electricity and a flow of air. Introduce technicians to the mix, and a datacenter is born. In this post, you can see the whole two-week long process, documented in a time lapse video by Knürr, producers of rack equipment. Video after the jump.

The Planet's Houston datacenter went offline late Saturday afternoon, after an explosion knocked down walls at an electric equipment room. Reports are that approximately 9,000 servers and 7,500 clients are affected. The company expects to have operations on the second floor of the facility restored today; the first floor has sustained more serious damage.

The global internet infrastructure keeps growing, with three new big data centers slated to go online in the US. Google, Oracle, and Switch Communications have invested a total of over $1 billion into three facilities, located in North Carolina, Utah, and Nevada.

Google's new computing powerhouse is likely to be the first of the three to start operations. Last Thursday, the company announced the completion of the first building and invited local media and citizens to take a peek.

WHIR TV has a new video interview with Niko Nelissen, VP of business development and co-founder of Q-layer, discussing a new paradigm for datacenters. Video after the jump.