[145218] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: facebook spying on us?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven G. Huter)
Fri Sep 30 18:21:09 2011
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:19:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Steven G. Huter" <sghuter@nsrc.org>
To: Joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
In-Reply-To: <4E863EE6.9000207@bogus.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
>> I can't tell you the kind of servers, but I can say that I was
>> recently in Prineville, OR, where FB is building a data center (and a
>> second data center). I was used to the ol data centers - you know,
>> where there's raised floors, cabinets, cool air, a guard and a few
>> guys around with some screens?
>>
>> But this was massive. I was amazed at the size - a few city blocks
>> long and a city block wide, with a transformer and power line the
>> size of a small city. I wonder if the Feds were involved.
>
> the bonneville power administration.
hey joelja
this August 2011 article in the Economist outlines some relevant info
about the prineville, oregon FB datacenter.
http://www.economist.com/node/21525237
steve
