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Wow… coolest data centre ever. I knew there was a reason I originally wanted to work in Sweden!
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Futuristic Data Bunker in Sweden
November 14th, 2008 : Rich Miller
This data center was built in a former underground nuclear bunker in Stockholm, Sweden.
Today Pingdom provides a glimpse inside an amazing new data bunker in Sweden run by Bahnhof, a large ISP. It’s based in a former nuclear bunker below Stockholm, with 16-inch thick blast doors.
‘This underground data center has greenhouses, waterfalls, German submarine engines, simulated daylight and can withstand a hit from a hydrogen bomb,’ Pingdom notes. ‘It looks like the secret HQ of a James Bond villain.’
This is one of the most visually striking data centers I’ve ever seen. I’m not sure about all the fog and waterfalls, which I gather are separate from the equipment area. There’s also a 2,600-liter salt water fish tank.
Pingdom also has an interview with Jon Karlung, the CEO at Bahnhof, about the unusual design for the data center.
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