Wow, What a Data Center!

Now I've been in the IT industry for a while now, so I've seen some impressive data centers in my day, but I am very impressed with an online walkthrough / tour I just watched of an Equinix data center. Very impressive indeed. Take a look Data centers like these are where most of the major companies house their servers, for maximum uptime, lowest latency, and maximum bandwidth.

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