April 11, 2008 3:23 PM PDT

Use Google Maps to find Google data centers

by Stephen Shankland
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A map view of Google's European data centers.

A map view of Google's European data centers.

(Credit: Pingdom)

Ever wonder where Google's data centers are? Now you can use Google Maps to get a good overview.

Pingdom put together a Google map via Wayfaring based on data center location information from Data Center Knowledge. The map shows general areas, so don't expect to zoom in on a satellite photo.

The result is an artful scattering of 36 pushpins, one for each known data center. Yes, that's a lot of data centers, and Data Center Knowledge has some details on Google renting further capacity, too.

And there are likely more tucked away here and there. "Since Google tends to be quite secretive about their data centers in general, the information we have presented here most likely isn't 100 percent complete," Pingdom said.

Stephen Shankland writes about a wide range of technology and products, but has a particular focus on browsers and digital photography. He joined CNET News in 1998 and since then also has covered Google, Yahoo, servers, supercomputing, Linux and open-source software, and science. E-mail Stephen, or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/stshank.
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