Data Center & Network

Lay the foundation for innovation, collaboration and building a better web.

Data Center & Network

Google provides service to millions of Internet users around the world--thanks to the engineers who design our Data Centers and network and to the supporting teams who keep it all humming.

The Data Center team is a collection of mechanical, electrical and environmental engineers, construction professionals, project managers and site operations experts who together challenge themselves to plan, build and operate the most efficient, global-scale Data Centers in the world. Our Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future and our technicians and support teams bring ideas to life, using creative approaches to reduce operational costs and improve efficiencies. These teams are the foundation of our ability to innovate, collaborate and build a better web that’s better for the environment.

From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, the Technology Infrastructure team makes Google's product portfolio possible. This team is always happy to void hardware warranties to keep one of the largest technical infrastructures ever created up and running 24/7, giving our millions of users the best and fastest experience possible.

The Network Deployment team operates our network reliably and at scale. With an appetite for accuracy, these teams are out in the field configuring and installing network gear and then verifying that sites have been built to specifications. While a typical day can sometimes be physically demanding, this energetic bunch is always ready to participate in off-site field deployments, all in the name of improving the efficiency of our ever-growing infrastructure.

Life at Google in Data Center & Network

Meet Sébastien Delneste, a data center technician in St. Ghislain

Meet Sébastien Delneste, a data center technician in St. Ghislain

Our data centers and the Googlers that work in them ensure that our users always ...

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A rare inside look at Google’s top-secret data centers

A rare inside look at Google’s top-secret data centers

With all the talk about cloud computing, it’s easy to forget that the 20 billion ...

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Going green for good

Going green for good

We want people to feel good about using Google products. One way we try to ...

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Google’s Hamina Data Center

Google’s Hamina Data Center

Thinking outside the box helped our infrastructure teams turn an 1950s paper mill into a ...

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Google's switch to the next wave of networking

Google's switch to the next wave of networking

Urs Hölzle details our adoption of the new, open-source infrastructure technology OpenFlow in this article ...

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Google: Scale changes everything

Google: Scale changes everything

Forbes digs into what it means to organize the world’s information to make it universally ...

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The Google Gospel of Speed

The Google Gospel of Speed

"Speed isn’t just a feature, it’s the feature." So says Urs Hoelzle, head of our ...

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