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Pionen Data Center

The internet as provided by a James Bond villain.

Stockholm, Sweden

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Pionen’s Network Operations Center. Complete with fog.   http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/14/the-wo...
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Bahnhof is one of Sweden's largest internet service providers. When CEO Jon Karlung secured a former nuclear bunker below 100 feet of Stockholm bedrock as the site for a data center, he thought it would be appropriate to bring his love of 1970s sci-fi to the design of the place.

Pionen (taken from its Cold War code name) is a server housing center that can withstand a hydrogen bomb. If the power goes out, back-up is provided by a couple of German submarine engines. False waterfalls, indoor jungle plants, low-lying fog, and a conference room with an image of the moon's surface on the floor complete the desired effect of super villain dream pad.

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37 Renstiernas gata
Stockholm, 116 31
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59.312379, 18.085493
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