I really did it this time...

After months and months (and months) of threating to switch to a Mac after Vista was released, and I was forced to use it (couldnt buy a new PC with out it), I took the first step down "Conversion Row" today and purchased a new 17" Mac Book Pro. This new purchase will replace my current PC workstation used for daily development and maintance on over 125 public and private .COM's and .MIL's. I am excited about the change and being able to follow in the footsteps of thoes that have gone before.

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What would you think of a datacenter that is sealed off from the world by entrance doors 40 cm thick (almost 16 inches). Located in central Stockholm below 30 meters (almost 100 ft) of bedrock:

This underground data center has greenhouses, waterfalls, German submarine engines, simulated daylight and can withstand a hit from a hydrogen bomb. It looks like the secret HQ of a James Bond villain.

And it is real. It is a newly opened high-security data center run by one of Sweden’s largest ISPs, located in an old nuclear bunker deep below the bedrock of Stockholm city, sealed off from the world by entrance doors 40 cm thick (almost 16 inches).

Above: The NOC is set in a cozy jungle setting. That light fog almost makes us think of cloud computing. Fog computing?

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