Fibre optic cables connecting the Google data centres are 200,000 times faster than a home internet speed. Google’s data centre at Council Bluffs has an area of 115,000 square feet.
Data Server Infrastructure
The steel beams above the data servers help provide support to the structure and distribute power to the servers. The cold air for cooling is served through the floors.
The colourful pipes in the data centres carry water for cooling purposes. Blue pipes carry cold water, and warm water is taken back through red pipes. The G-bike seen in the picture is used by the Google team to travel around their vast data centres.
Energy Efficiency and Indicators
Energy-efficient blue LED lights used in the servers denote that the servers are running correctly.
Backup and Cooling Systems
Backup tapes with unique barcodes are arranged in the Google data centre at Berkeley County, California.
Water for cooling the data servers is supplied from these giant tanks. These tanks can store up to 240,000 gallons, which is over 900,000 litres of water.
Inside the server racks, hot air from all the servers is passed into the cooling unit, through which the air is recirculated.
