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Submarine Cable Map
The Submarine Cable Map is a free resource from TeleGeography. Data contained in this map is drawn from Global Bandwidth Research Service and is updated on a regular basis.
infrastructure  maps  map  visualization  gis  geo  internet 
february 2012 by ignatz
Buggy 'smart meters' open door to power-grid botnet • The Register
New electricity meters being rolled out to millions of homes and businesses are riddled with security bugs that could bring down the power grid, according to a security researcher who plans to demonstrate several attacks at a security conference next month
infosec  security  infrastructure  failure  software  energy  network 
june 2009 by ignatz
Google uncloaks once-secret server | Business Tech - CNET News
Google's big surprise: each server has its own 12-volt battery to supply power if there's a problem with the main source of electricity. The company also revealed for the first time that since 2005, its data centers have been composed of standard shipping containers--each with 1,160 servers and a power consumption that can reach 250 kilowatts.
google  hardware  design  technology  sysadmin  infrastructure 
april 2009 by ignatz
AAA: 85% of Nashville-area stations out of gas | thetowntalk.com | The Town Talk
Hurricane Ike whacked a pipeline and a whole town is out of gas until the inevitably slow fix arrives.
infrastructure  failure  oil  gasoline  energy  usa  hurricane  singlepointoffailure  trainwreck 
september 2008 by ignatz

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