New Video of Apple's Enormous iDataCenter

1sockchuck writes "A new aerial video provides a rare look at Apple's new data center in North Carolina, which is expected to begin operations as soon as this week. It reveals the scale of the facility, which at 500,000 square feet will be among the world's largest data centers. The video, shot by a North Carolina real estate agent, also shows additional site preparation work that could support rumors that Apple plans to build another huge data center at the site." This is what drone cameras are for.

I just hope...

[Kilrah_il]

I just hope no one holds the database wrong.

Observation

[Anonymous Coward]

Why does the video have sound?

My god!

[arcite]

It's full of Apples.

Re:I just hope...

[Ed_1024]

"The *Fully Operational* iDataCenter", even though it appears half-built. I'm sure I heard someone use a phrase like that before, can't think where...

Design is awful

[Anonymous Coward]

How can that be the apple datacenter !

obligatory

[arcite]

Steve Jobs: [overheard on an iphone in a coffee shop somewhere in Cupertino] ...As you can see, my young apprentice, your friends have failed. Now witness the streaming power of this fully STACKED and OPERATIONAL data center!

Re:Design is awful

[joh]

Back in the day when Steve Jobs had been fired from Apple and was building his own company (NeXT) he had the interior of the factory in which NeXTStations were built re-painted three times -- until it was *just* the right shade of grey. And this is not a joke.

Re:What will go in it?-RDF.

[bsDaemon]

Maybe the located in North Carolina to get easy access to Red Hat? /ducks

Yeah, a *whiter* shade of pale.

[Anonymous Coward]

I mean a whiter shade of gray.

Bart comments...

[Anonymous Coward]

iCaramba!

Maybe Return of the Jedi

[schmaustech]

I remember the Death Star being half built and I quote the Emperor "Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station!"

Did you mean...

[e065c8515d206cb0e190]

the only customer for Xserves?

Let's face it... Apple has proved to best cost effective in the recent years, so they'll probably buy cheap dell hardware and assemble them on a Linux grid.

Re:Interesting how bright white the complex is

[goodmanj]

Nah, it's just styling. Ten years ago, Apple would have built six little ones in rainbow colors; five years before that it would have been matte black, and five years before *that* they'd have painted it beige.

Re:Maybe Return of the Jedi

[turbidostato]

"Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station!"

Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.