Inside the ‘James Bond Villain’ Data Center

Rich Miller

Posted April 16th, 2009

Thanks! We’ve corrected the spelling of Bahnhof.

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Dustin

Posted April 16th, 2009

Wow. That is definitely the best data center in the World. When I get my Computer Networking degree, I want to work there, preferably on one of the platforms connected by the rope bridge.

[...] Inside the ‘James Bond Villain’ Data Center « Data Center Knowledge: “Inside the ‘James Bond Villain’ Data Center April 15th, 2009 : Rich Miller In an underground bunker 100 feet beneath Stockholm lies a unique facility operated by the Swedish ISP Bahnhof. It’s become known as the ‘James Bond Villain Data Center’ after it was featured on the Pingdom web site last year. Dean Nelson of Data Center Pulse recently got a tour of the data center from Bahnhof CEO Jon Karlung, who provided a look at the many unusual features of the facility, a former military bunker designed to withstand a hydrogen bomb blast. Karlung has said he drew his inspiration for many of the center’s flourishes from James Bond villains (especially Ernst Blofeld), hence the waterfalls, greenhouse-style NOC, glass-enclosed conference room ‘floating’ above the colocation floor, and blue-lit diesel engines (supposedly used in German submarines). “ [...]

Andrew

Posted April 16th, 2009

Either those gennys are for show only, or they’re pretty sure about their power supply.

Any genny capable of generating enough power to run a datacenter is going to be NOISY – far too noisy to want to be anywhere close when they fire up. It would also need a far larger exhaust than can be seen in this video (not to mention air supply, too).

So cool it might be, but I’m not putting my servers there.

4fthawaiian

Posted April 16th, 2009

The only thing lacking is a huge set of doors in the side of the mountain that open up for helipad access

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gerard pawling

Posted April 17th, 2009

where is OCTOPUSSY?

[...] es im Inneren des Rechenzentrum im Atombunker aussieht, konnte sich DCK überzeugen. Der CEO von Bahnhof übernahm persönlich die Führung im Bunker. Überraschender Weise gibt es [...]

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MrYoinks

Posted March 12th, 2011

Someone plays Minecraft.

[...] adding a bit of green space or flipping the colors around, or it could go as far as Banhof’s “James Bond Villain” data center. However far you go, if you make your facility look cool, if you make it feel cool or comfortable [...]