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By Beth Bacheldor

April 05, 2012, 8:02 PM —

Check out these stats and facts from the biggest, greenest, safest and strangest data centers.

The Big Ones

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There are quite a few BIG data centers these days, ranging from 900,000 square feet or more. For perspective, 900,000 square feet is equal to the playing area of 15 football fields. Of course, it’s important to note that while some of these facilities are that big or bigger, not all of that space is currently being used.

Tulip Data Center in Bangalore, India (Developers: Tulip Telecom Ltd. and IBM)

900,000 square foot data center space available
four tower building
100 megawatts of power

NGD Europe’s Newport, Wales data center facility

750,000 square feet housing up to 19,000 racks available

Beth Bacheldor is a freelance writer and editor with more than 20 years' experience, with much of that time covering the high-tech and IT industries. She has worked for numerous publications covering nearly every type of business technology, including IT outsourcing, data center operations, RFID, information security, systems management, networking, business intelligence, and enterprise applications such as enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, and supply chain management . She has written for such publications as CIO.com, Network Computing, EdTech Magazine, Government Computer News, RFID Journal and many others. She has also written research reports for companies such as Computer Economics and Enterprise Management Associates. She spent more than a decade as a news editor and writer for InformationWeek and CommunicationsWeek. She lives by the sea in southeastern North Carolina with her two children.