Those once carbon-spewing, river clogging, tree-killing, 'death-plants' - I am of course referring to the paper mills and newspaper printing plants, are being assimilated by the very force that destroyed them; Google.
In a post over at InfoTrends, Jeff talks about how these huge facilities are perfect structures for mega-sized Data Centers.
This is nothing new. A plant in Chicago, developed by the R.R. Donnelly Co in 1929, once churned out the Sears catalogs.
Closed in 1993, the facility was sold off and in 1999 converted into an IT and telecommunications center.
Today, the building is powered by more than 100 megawatts, supporting Chicago's commodity markets.
And the Borg? I mean, Google?
Well, their buying old paper mills all over the world - like in Finland.
Well, their buying old paper mills all over the world - like in Finland.