1. IT concepts: concrete picture of a data center, environmental impact
Skills: none
IT concepts: concrete picture of a data center, environmental impact
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2. Where does this topic fit?
Internet concepts
Applications
Technology (communication)
Implications
Internet skills
Application development
Content creation

3. Organization LAN to the Internet
Data
center
Organization
LAN
Internet

4. External view of a data center

5. Credit
These slides were adapted from an exhibit at the The Center for Land Use Interpretation
The images, with explanatory captions
Video summary of the exhibit

6. Meet me room

7. Cable risers

8. Surface cable paths

9. Air conditioning

10. Cable mining

11. Backup power

12. Fixed wireless links

13. The roof

14. Point of entry

15. Google data center, The Dalles Oregon

16. 103 megawatts The Dalles data center 82,000 homes Tacoma, WA
Further reading

17. A few questions

18. IT concepts: concrete understanding of an urban data center
A data center
Skills: none
IT concepts: concrete understanding of an urban data center
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