The nearly 300,000-square-foot data center sits in a nondescript building in an industrial park. Inside, security is tight, the generators are numerous, and the fan rooms are huge. There's no raised floor, as the company builds "upside data centers," as one Equinix official put it. And to cap it off, Equinix provides its onsite customers with nuts and bolts (literally), a snack room and a few video games.
Check out this eight-and-a-half minute video tour of the Equinix data center:
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