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Swedish Nuclear Bunker Transmogrified Into Data Center Fit For Bond [Bunkers]
Gizmodo —
... On the human side, the 15 staff are treated to a 2600-liter fish tank, and a circular mid-air glass-walled conference room that has a moon-map for a floor. The CEO himself has confirmed that some sci-fi movie inspiration was deliberately incorporated into the design. Craziness. [RoyalPingdom] ...
Amazing Underground Data Center
Tech Blog —
... sound-horn alarm), a space-themed conference room (where the floor is the surface of the moon) and is located deep within the bedrock of Stockholm city." Click here for first picture in gallery.
And it is real. It is a newly opened high-security data center run by one of Sweden's largest ISPs, located in an old nuclear bunker deep below the bedrock of Stockholm city, sealed off from the world by entrance doors 40 cm thick (almost 16 inches).
[via Pingdom]
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GALLERY: Swedish ISP has Bond-style datacentre in a nuclear bunker deep below Stockholm
Tech Digest —
... . That honour now belongs to Bahnhof, at their Pionen datacentre, buried deep in the bedrock below Stockholm in a former nuclear bunker. I don't know where to start - it uses submarine engines! It has waterfalls! There's 1,500,000 Watts of cooling! It can withstand a hit from a nuclear missle! Click the image below to check it out, before my head explodes from the awesomeness. (via, and more pictures and info at, Royal Pingdom) Related posts: ...
Data Center Porn
Know It All —
"This underground data center has greenhouses, waterfalls, German submarine engines, simulated daylight and can withstand a hit from a hydrogen bomb. It looks like the secret HQ of a James Bond villain."
That got your inner geek revved up, didn't it? Click here for pictures and all the juicy details.
Then spend the weekend making up scenarios in which your CFO buys you one of your own.
One does not hear a lot about data-center aesthetics. ...
Where James Bond might work if he was in IT
Gadgetell —
... Strikes Back) so these were an influence,“ said Karlung. “James Bond movies have also had an impact on the design. I was actually looking for the same outfit as the villain ‘Blofeld’ in Bond and even considered getting a white cat, but that might have been going a bit far!”
Right now, only 15 senior technical staff employees work full time in Pionen; so even if you think it is way cool, it may not be utterly practical sending them your resume just yet.
Via: [royalpingdom]
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Swedish data warehouse looks more like hidden lair
Crave: The gadget blog —
... The Swedes, it seems, like to add a touch of flair to everything they do. Take Internet service provider Bahnhof's new underground high-security data center built in a former nuclear bomb shelter. Royal Pingdom says it looks like something a Bond villain would have for his headquarters, and I must agree. I think it looks like a combination of all the levels from the N64 game Goldeneye put together. ...
Beating Swords Into Datacenters
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... data center located 30 meters below the bedrock of Stockholm, Sweden. Bahnhof, one of Sweden's largest ISPs, created a facility that's a marvel of high-tech design with features like waterfalls, greenhouses, German submarine backup engines, and simulated daylight, not to mention a huge 2,600-liter saltwater fish tank. In an interview with Pingdon , Bahnhof's CEO, Jon Karlung, explained the motivation behind Pionen. "Since we got hold of this unique nuclear bunker in central Stockholm deep below the rock, we just couldn't build it like a traditional -- more boring -- hosting ...
