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The eerie art of datacenters

I've always been oddly fascinated by datacenters — the rectilinear racks of servers, the curving twists of cabling. Turns out I'm not alone. Royal Pingdom has assembled a collection of creepily organic, eerily beautiful shapes of datacenter cabling. (Photo by tim_d)

4:00 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Owen Thomas
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Annalee Newitz at 04:53 PM on 01/24/08
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Thanks, Owen! Those images are really amazing. I love wires.
Fetterman_07 at 05:02 PM on 01/24/08
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Owen since you can't appreciate the correct headline I'll just say it for you. NICE RACK
Ted Dziuba at 05:12 PM on 01/24/08
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I am detecting large amounts of FAIL in this sector, lieutenant.
DearEditor at 05:56 PM on 01/24/08
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Yeah, that dangling IEC is terrifying. Neutrik has the new, locking, hotness.
rdldr1 at 08:12 PM on 01/24/08
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Purely computer nerd porn. Me likey!!
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@uncoveditor: Just you wait. When that rat's nest of wires you call Persai doesn't have a January beta, the joke will be on you.
sample032 at 08:25 PM on 01/24/08
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@Fetterman_07: Glad to see Owen appreciates at least one type of rack.
tetracycloide at 11:59 PM on 01/24/08
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but those servers don't wear cases, you can see their bare circuits!
xint at 04:44 AM on 01/25/08
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...makes me feel ashamed of my server cabinets.

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