Where the Internet Lives

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Four: A Quest for 24/7 Clean Energy Dec 10, 2020

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In this episode, we look at the evolution of data center energy use in a world confronting the threat of climate change – and explore promising ideas that could fuel a carbon-free future.

Three: When the Data Center Came to Town Dec 10, 2020

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How do data centers intersect with the communities they call home? What kinds of jobs do they create and what do residents think of having a big computer in their backyard? In this episode, we hear what happens when the industrial economy meets the digital economy in rural Alabama.

Two: Inside the Walls Dec 10, 2020

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Data centers are some of the most secure buildings on the planet. In this episode, we invite you to step inside and take a tour with one of Google’s top engineers. As we venture into computer systems that connect the world, we meet the people who keep these warehouse-scale facilities running. Plus, a little-known story about the scrappy origins of Google’s first computers.

One: You Use Data Centers Dec 10, 2020

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In our first episode, we explore what data centers are – and how they keep the internet going, even when events like COVID-19 trigger historic surges in traffic.

Introducing "Where the Internet Lives" Nov 20, 2020

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"Where the Internet Lives" is a new podcast about the unseen world of data centers.

In this series, we’ll go inside a data center and learn how the machines actually work.

We’ll hear about the early days of Google’s first data center designs — and how they set the stage for today’s hyper-scale facilities.

We’ll learn about how data centers are becoming a backbone of the clean energy economy.

And we’ll explore how quantum computing, the end of Moore’s law, and new uses of the Cloud are changing the way we build the physical internet.

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