Inside Google's data centres: the buildings that run the web

For the first time, search giant Google has given a reporter and photographer access to their high-security data centres around the globe. Bursting with racks of computer technology, these are the facilities that keep Google's services online and hold a wealth of data about almost every one of us.

Google has created a website that spills all the details on the company's data centres, as well as a video tour.

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