[olug] The first sysadmin job at the new Google facility in Council Bluffs

[Benjamin Watson]

I imagine most of that dark fiber was put there by Level3.  James
Crowe once stated that Level3 had more dark fiber than currently in
use.  Perhaps a look at investing in Level3 is in order?

Of course, Google is also wise in setting up shop here because of the
price.  Cheap land was already mentioned, but labor is cheap here too.
 "Average salaries of 50,000".  What do those translate to on the
coasts?

On 6/20/07, Cesar Delgado <cdelgad2 at bigred.unl.edu> wrote:
> Google is very secretive.  And when I say "very" I mean _VERY_
> secretive.  I too was thinking of what else could be going on in the new
> facility but they also are making another one in South Carolina
> (http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Apr/04/google_announces_600m_so_car_project.html).
>   Here in the Bay Area (I'm living in Sunnyvale now) between Google and
> Yahoo there are no more data centers.  They've bought/rented all of
> them.  Ask is also in the running to suck up data center space with
> their Ask3D stuff.  So, if there's no more space to put machines, they
> just build more data centers.  As well, and I don't know how many of you
> know this but bellow I-80 there is a lot of fiber that goes from coast
> to coast.  Anyone who builds next to it only has to hop, skip or jump
> and they can get their own lambda, or .  I'm sure in the case of Google
> they've already bought up more dark fiber under I-80 than anyone can
> imagine.  I think the Iowa facility is exactly that.  Tap into that huge
> pool of fiber to better their service.  Then again, they might make a
> campus over there with offices.  Cheap land's not a bad thing.
>
> Just my $0.02
>
> -Cesar
>
> Travis Owens wrote:
> > Can anyone provide some more information on the Google facility at
> > large? I've heard everything from 500 positions to 200 positions to 30
> > positions. I've heard their building the data center, but they have
> > options on another 1000 acres or so and will expand after the initial
> > building is operational...
> >
> > If any of the larger aspects are true, it would stand to reason this
> > will not be just a data center in the sense of the word... I think
> > they have something up their sleeve, so to speak, perhaps a new
> > project they're getting into...
> >
> > Thoughts, comments, info???
> >
> >
> > On 6/19/07, Adam Haeder <adamh at aiminstitute.org> wrote:
> >> http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/answer.py?answer=70585
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