<story><title>Is Google building a hulking floating data center in SF Bay?</title><url>http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57608585-93/is-google-building-a-hulking-floating-data-center-in-sf-bay/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>numbsafari</author><text>Something similar is being outfitted in Portland, ME.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pressherald.com/news/Clues_emerging_about_mystery_structure_on_barge_in_harbor_.html?searchterm=barge&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pressherald.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;Clues_emerging_about_mystery...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The OP is a much better article (The Press Herald is garbage).&lt;p&gt;My original guess for the barge-building in Portland was a ocean-based prison facility for the government to use for interrogations. But it&amp;#x27;s seeming like the floating data center idea is much more likely.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jlgreco</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;My original guess for the barge-building in Portland was a ocean-based prison facility for the government to use for interrogations.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not a bad guess at all, since it &lt;i&gt;really does&lt;/i&gt; look like a modern prison ship: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vernon_C_Bain_Correctional_Center.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;File:Vernon_C_Bain_Correctional...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Is Google building a hulking floating data center in SF Bay?</title><url>http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57608585-93/is-google-building-a-hulking-floating-data-center-in-sf-bay/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>numbsafari</author><text>Something similar is being outfitted in Portland, ME.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pressherald.com/news/Clues_emerging_about_mystery_structure_on_barge_in_harbor_.html?searchterm=barge&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pressherald.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;Clues_emerging_about_mystery...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The OP is a much better article (The Press Herald is garbage).&lt;p&gt;My original guess for the barge-building in Portland was a ocean-based prison facility for the government to use for interrogations. But it&amp;#x27;s seeming like the floating data center idea is much more likely.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mjolk</author><text>This is somewhat of a tangent, but how is the tech scene in Portland, ME?  It&amp;#x27;s my hometown and I&amp;#x27;ve had thoughts at various times about returning and setting up shop.</text></comment>