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Last week, a CNET report found (http://readwrite.com/2013/10/25/google-data-center-barge) that Google was behind a mysterious structure built on a barge in San Francisco Bay, and speculated that the project might be a floating data center (an idea Google actually patented in 2009). Well, scratch that theory.
See also: Google's Latest Data Center May Be Floating In San Francisco Bay (http://readwrite.com/2013/10/25/google-data-center-barge)
According to the San Francisco CBS affiliate KPIX (http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/10/31/googles-secret-revealed-barge-to-offer-high-end-showrooms-party-deck/), Google will actually use the barge as a party space and an upscale showroom for the company's Google X projects. Google has yet to comment on the mysterious barge, but KPIX cites "multiple sources" familiar with the matter.
Too bad. A floating data center would have been way cooler.
Photo via Robert Scoble on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/4249731778/sizes/l/in/photolist-7twZcy-7vo4zv-83Tsmg-afXAg7-9Y8fE5-7JgUp2-91mi6p-cuRtGY-7BYwv2-8DGtuj-a1eSHD-9YeFCY-9Y7tiv-9YeCiC-9YeEdN-apkxoj-7Bb9ah-8WCuMV-a1YhMV-7B7kcp-9X6RE1-9WRbGQ-99tU1R-e2Ducm-e2Ds1b-e2xPSr-e2DwMJ-e2xSmZ-7Z8dyk-e2xNqX-e2Duy9-e2DrLA-e2Dv2f-e2Dxso-e2xPpT-e2Dsp5-e2xQgB-e2xNHX-e2xUiV-e2xT6M-e2DvoW-e2xRcZ-e2DwjE-e2xRxn-e2xSGM-e2xUtg-e2xU8D-e2xP6B-e2xQsn-e2xTCx-e2xQSD/)