[Nefarious]

Moored on the waters of San Francisco Bay, just east of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge, is -- well, a mystery.

Atop a barge docked at Treasure Island, site of a former Navy base, is a four-story structure made from shipping containers. The purpose of the structure remains unknown, but the safe money says Google is up to something on board.

Officials won't say exactly what's going on there. But some sleuthing by the media in the tech-heavy Bay Area has pretty much nailed down that Google, headquartered about 40 miles south in Mountain View, California, is behind the project.

Tech blog CNET reported as much on Friday, citing lease agreements, Treasure Island locals and "tracking a contact tied to the project on LinkedIn."

News reports say an unknown company has been working on a major project, under tight security, in a hangar on Treasure Island since last year. Witnesses say materials from that hangar were transferred onto the barge.

Google did not respond to a request to comment for this story.
So, even if the suspicions about Google and the barge's mysterious cargo are correct, that leaves the obvious question: What are they building in there?

Early speculation has centered on a data center.
Google has banks of servers stored in warehouses all over the world, and floating data centers aren't unheard of. Sitting on that much water would provide an obvious source of cooling, which is a big concern for data centers, and possibly even a source of power. And Google has a patent for such a project.

So what do you guys think it is?
You can read more of the story here.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/28/tech/innov...index.html

[VirtualFrost]

In all honest it seems smart about the whole putting a database on an ocean, they apparently try find ways to be able to cool down their servers or something that won't cost them a heap and this wouldn't cost them anything, it's all natural. But then I don't want our oceans filled with databases..

[Nefarious]

But then I don't want our oceans filled with databases..

This made me burst into laughter.
Thank you sir.

[VirtualFrost]

But then I don't want our oceans filled with databases..

This made me burst into laughter.
Thank you sir.

I try my best

[Demonic]

Well I think it's obvious.
Google obviously thinks they're so awesome that they need their own military. By the looks of things they're starting with a naval force.
Look out guys. Soon there'll be guns that fire ad links into our brains!!! :devil:

(In all seriousness, though, they're probably throwing servers onto a cargo ship and keeping them off-shore)

[Customer]

Maybe they're piling up all of their money that they don't need, just to rub it in our faces?

[Nefarious]

Well I think it's obvious.
Google obviously thinks they're so awesome that they need their own military. By the looks of things they're starting with a naval force.
Look out guys. Soon there'll be guns that fire ad links into our brains!!! :devil:

(In all seriousness, though, they're probably throwing servers onto a cargo ship and keeping them off-shore)

It would really suck if that was the case, google currently has the power to start a small army and take over America.

[Demonic]

Well I think it's obvious.
Google obviously thinks they're so awesome that they need their own military. By the looks of things they're starting with a naval force.
Look out guys. Soon there'll be guns that fire ad links into our brains!!! :devil:

(In all seriousness, though, they're probably throwing servers onto a cargo ship and keeping them off-shore)

It would really suck if that was the case, google currently has the power to start a small army and take over America.

Indeed.
It would be quite scary if it did happen.

[Feat]

All they would need is some water and water generators or whatever they are called. Then they're set to have a shit ton of electricity and cooling.

[Admin]

Why would they want to hide though? Its not that secretive to be honest