An abandoned missile base in Washington State is back in the news. The former Titan missile silo at Larsen Air Force base in central Washington, which for many years was marketed as a potential “data bunker,” has been featured this week on
Boing Boing [1] and
the BBC [2]. The news: the 57-acre site is for sale, and is actually listed on eBay for $1.5 million.
Here’s the real news: this property has been for sale for years, and was previously listed on eBay in March 2004, when the list price was more than $3.9 million. The property has remained unsold during the huge boom in
data centers in central Washington [3]and a concurrent mini-boom in underground data centers (with new sites including the
SpringNet Underground [4] in Missouri,
Cavern Technologies [5] in Kansas City,
StrataSpace [6] in Louisville and the
InfoBunker [7] in Iowa).
After having no luck finding a data center buyer, it appears the missile base in Washington is now being repositioned as an ultra-secure residence. It seems that a number of former Cold War missile sites are being converted into spacious underground residences, and being marketed on the web at sites including
SubTerra [8] and
MissileBases.com [9].
NOTE: The Larsen AFB site is different from the nearby Titan I LLC facility, which will soon house a major
new data center for Ask.com [10].
Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.
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[1] Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/26/titan-missile-silo-f.html
[2] the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7012020.stm
[3] data centers in central Washington : http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/quincy_wash-index.html
[4] SpringNet Underground: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Apr/04/missouri_data_bunker_gets_hospital_tenant.html
[5] Cavern Technologies: http://caverntechnologies.com/drecovery.html
[6] StrataSpace: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Jan/24/huge_data_bunker_planned_in_louisville.html
[7] InfoBunker: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/May/21/infobunker_nuke-proof_iowa_data_center.html
[8] SubTerra: http://www.subterracastle.com/
[9] MissileBases.com: http://missilebases.com/
[10] new data center for Ask.com: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Jul/12/askcom_confirms_moses_lake_facility.html
[11] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/
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