After
CNET reported Google may be building a floating data center in San
Francisco Bay, a report suggested it's actually a floating Google Glass
store. Either way, it's almost certainly Google.
The structure that is almost certainly being built by Google, on a barge in San Francisco Bay.
(Credit:
James Martin/CNET)
On Friday, I reported exclusively that a company, very likely Google, has set up shop on Treasure Island, located between San Francisco and Oakland, and has been building a large structure made from shipping, or cargo, containers on a barge. Some evidence suggests it might be a floating data center, including the fact that Google itself has a patent for such a concept.
Google has not responded to multiple requests for comment.
This structure, seen on a barge in Portland,
Maine is very similar to a structure that is under construction in San
Francisco Bay. Both projects were built on top of barges owned by the
same company.
(Credit:
John Ewing/Portland Press Herald)
Now, a report from KPIX -- the San Francisco CBS affiliate -- suggests that the Treasure Island project may not be a floating data center at all. Rather, KPIX -- owned by CNET parent CBS -- reported that the project is going to be a floating Google Glass store, and that the plan might be to tow it into San Francisco's Fort Mason for some indeterminate time.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57609509-93/san-franciscos-bay-barge-mystery-floating-data-center-or-google-glass-store/