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How this Building Powers the Internet

1 pointsby us0ralmost 2 years ago

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us0ralmost 2 years ago
I&#x27;ve been on various projects in this building for 20+ years. We even had a small office at one point on one of the floors. Back then we were told the upper floors couldn&#x27;t be converted to data center space. Fast forward to 2 years ago and everytime I went in there a semi truck full of cabinets was being sent up. I have no idea how much weight it can hold but my gut told me we are a moderate sized earthquake away from the place falling to the ground. Called my provider and said we are moving across the street. 2 months later with the help of some friends we did it in I think 13 minutes.<p>One cool thing was the filming of fast and furious Tokyo drift out front. They spent probably 2 months converting 2 blocks into Tokyo and at night would swap out street signs with Japanese ones. Turns out they actually do race the cars around the corners. Explosions and everything.<p>Here is a pic I found which is facing the front of the building&#x2F;parking garage entrance: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.veilsidejpn.com&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;images&#x2F;re_2335_AA_D001_00145.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.veilsidejpn.com&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;images&#x2F;re_2335_AA_D001_00...</a><p>Edit: Also they have spread things out around DTLA and El Segundo and even just recently filled plans to build a second building next door. While it wouldn&#x27;t be good I don&#x27;t think if something happened it would melt down the Internet as perhaps it may have 15-20 years ago.