Top-secret Google data center almost completed

Top-secret Google data center almost completed: "June 16, 2006 (Computerworld) -- Search engine giant Google is nearing completion of a new data center on the banks of the Columbia River in The Dalles, Ore. But trying to get information about the project is almost as difficult as finding Bigfoot.

Although Google officials did go so far as to confirm that the company is building a facility in The Dalles, that's about all they would say -- except to note that the company has technology infrastructure facilities around the world that support its services.

'As the breadth of our services and number of users grow, we will build additional infrastructure to support them,' said a Google spokesman.'Our facility in Oregon is part of this effort.'

Nolan Young, city manager of The Dalles, which is home to numerous Bigfoot sightings, said he had signed a non-disclosure agreement with Design LLC, the Delaware firm that negotiated the purchase of the land on Google's behalf, but he could not confirm when, or if, Google will take"