Comments on: So If You Were Thinking of Just Dropping By Apple’s New Data Center… https://isource.com/2011/07/10/so-if-you-were-thinking-of-just-dropping-by-apples-new-data-center/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:28:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: jhrogersii https://isource.com/2011/07/10/so-if-you-were-thinking-of-just-dropping-by-apples-new-data-center/#comment-37544 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:28:18 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=41113#comment-37544 Wow. Do you seriously work at that facility? If you really do, I’m curious about a few details. Well, if you can share, that is. Are you employed by Apple, or are you contracted by them? Roughly how many people work at the data center? Are you from the area, or did you move there for this job? Do you live closer to Charlotte, or in the area around the data center. Thanks a lot for your insight on the place.

]]> By: nynyme https://isource.com/2011/07/10/so-if-you-were-thinking-of-just-dropping-by-apples-new-data-center/#comment-37529 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:32:58 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=41113#comment-37529 He is right, don’t waste your time!

I work there, and there is nothing you can see from the road legally.
The physical gate security is beefier than that of Camp Legume (about 5 hours away), but no guns here (that I have seen)

Its a datacenter, if you’ve ever seen the inside of one, its very similar to most. lots of servers, and power. I can only add: its NOT empty like some clown said.

]]> By: jhrogersii https://isource.com/2011/07/10/so-if-you-were-thinking-of-just-dropping-by-apples-new-data-center/#comment-37302 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:30:41 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=41113#comment-37302 Mikhailovitch- Great point. We should expect tight security. However, for such a large facility with so much indoor square footage, and so much acreage around the building, I didn’t expect them to go to the trouble of completely blocking the view from the road. For comparison, the plant that I am currently working at is the single largest manufacturer of IV bags on the planet. Their facility is twice the size of Apple’s, and it has an appropriate level of security. However, I think Apple has them beat by a mile, which I found surprising.

Nostradamus- I was aware the Robert Cringely is a pen name, and a sort of sensationalized tech “character,” but I admit that I didn’t know all the specifics. I figured people would more quickly recognize that name, especially since the site I linked to bears that name, so I just stuck with it. I guess that makes me lazy, right?

Ricardo- Wow. Psycho stalker? Really? I elaborated on my movements in detail, but I wasn’t around the data center more than 15 minutes total. The data center was only an 1 1/2 round trip from my hotel, and I have been working out of town for 10 days straight now with little sleep. I’ll just file this excursion under “it sounded good at the time.” There was also a Starbucks on the way, which I admit, helped make up my mind to go. I’ve had a lot of bad coffee on this trip, and seriously needed a caffeine fix.

]]> By: Ricardo https://isource.com/2011/07/10/so-if-you-were-thinking-of-just-dropping-by-apples-new-data-center/#comment-37298 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:42:14 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=41113#comment-37298 With psycho stalkers like you out there casing my joint I’d be paranoid too.

]]> By: Nostradamus https://isource.com/2011/07/10/so-if-you-were-thinking-of-just-dropping-by-apples-new-data-center/#comment-37293 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:23:29 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=41113#comment-37293 Not entirely on topic, but you do know that “Robert Cringely” does not exist, right?

]]> By: Mikhailovitch https://isource.com/2011/07/10/so-if-you-were-thinking-of-just-dropping-by-apples-new-data-center/#comment-37292 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:17:09 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=41113#comment-37292 Mind you, for a hugely expensive and strategically vital Cloud installation you’d hope there was pretty good security!

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