Google: Secrecy & Rumours Over San Francisco Bay Barge

[macmilm]

The mystery surrounding a four-storey structure being built by Google in the heart of the San Francisco Bay is generating rumours and worries.
The company has not said what the structure is, San Francisco's mayor says he does not know what it is, and government inspectors are sworn to secrecy.
At least one Coast Guard employee has had to sign a non-disclosure agreement with the internet giant, US Coast Guard spokesman Barry Bena told Reuters.
Moored in the shadow of the Bay Bridge off Treasure Island, a former military base, the nondescript barge is built with four levels of white shipping containers, and sprouts what appear to be antennas on top.
The hulking structure, half shrouded in scaffolding, has stirred intense speculation in the Bay Area since reports of its existence surfaced late last month.
Some speculate it is a store to sell Google's internet-connected glasses, while others believe it is a data storage centre.
Some reports have suggested it is meant to be a giant showroom for wealthy clients and VIPs, equipped with amenities such as a bar.
The structure is raising some environmental concernsDeb Self, executive director of the environmental group Baykeeper, said: "At some point they're going to have to unveil what it is they're doing, and it will be sad if they have put a lot of money into something that is simply not allowable in the bay.
"We don't really want to see the bay used as a shopping mall. Unacceptable," she told the AP news agency.
Environmentalists warn that water-cooled data centres might warm the sea and harm marine life.
Google has been tight-lipped about its project, but the internet giant appears to be acting legally.
By constructing a vessel, not a building, it can conceal its purpose because it does not need permits from San Francisco, a city with copious inspection and paperwork requirements for builders.
Adding to the mystery, a second similar barge was recently spotted in Portland, Maine.



Source: http://news.sky.com/story/1164127/go...isco-bay-barge

[Goldberg]

Oh my word.

What a fucking load of tosh in that story... Seriously, did Sky rip it from the Daily Mail website..

and sprouts what appear to be antennas on top.

Or maybe they are Flagpoles so that they can run it up them and press the button...

Some speculate it is a store to sell Google's internet-connected glasses, while others believe it is a data storage centre.

Fucking keyboard warriors.. Nothing better to do other than drive around in a Prius

Some reports have suggested it is meant to be a giant showroom for wealthy clients and VIPs, equipped with amenities such as a bar.

OH MY GOD!! A BAR!!! Someone tell the President quick!

At some point they're going to have to unveil what it is they're doing, and it will be sad if they have put a lot of money into something that is simply not allowable in the bay.

Well the fact that the Coast Guard and Government Inspectors are sworn to secrecy suggests it is more than likely allowable.

We don't really want to see the bay used as a shopping mall. Unacceptable

Why ?

Environmentalists warn that water-cooled data centres might warm the sea and harm marine life.

Oh my fucking god! Really! I have just pissed my pants laughing at that... What, they are going to overheat the whole fucking sea.. What a bunch of fucking muppets.

Google has been tight-lipped about its project, but the internet giant appears to be acting legally.

They have Government Inspectors involved, what are you talking about!

Adding to the mystery, a second similar barge was recently spotted in Portland, Maine.

This is no mystery, now it is a conspiracy!

[blaggard]

That'll be a Warehouse then, they've been building them all over THIS Country (one nearby in Croydon) to make the fulfilment / Logistics side of their business more profitable, just on a bigger scale. .

[Goldberg]

Yep, shock horror that it is in a Bay.. You know a Bay where they ship things to and from... Plus it is a temporary structure, surely the 'Environmentalists' would be supportive as it is one less building to rot away in the decades to come..

[cyprus]

Wasp's nest.

[Mystical_2K]

i know what it is

Aliens-meme.jpg

[macmilm]

Oh my word.

What a fucking load of tosh in that story... Seriously, did Sky rip it from the Daily Mail website..


Or maybe they are Flagpoles so that they can run it up them and press the button...


Fucking keyboard warriors.. Nothing better to do other than drive around in a Prius


OH MY GOD!! A BAR!!! Someone tell the President quick!


Well the fact that the Coast Guard and Government Inspectors are sworn to secrecy suggests it is more than likely allowable.


Why ?


Oh my fucking god! Really! I have just pissed my pants laughing at that... What, they are going to overheat the whole fucking sea.. What a bunch of fucking muppets.


They have Government Inspectors involved, what are you talking about!


This is no mystery, now it is a conspiracy!

I feel you may be bullying me

[Goldberg]

If you didn't leave the door wide open like your arse then maybe I would not have reason not to.

I have tried with you I really have... I thought you had turned a corner and had started to take things a bit more serious, however you come up with this non story and you are shocked at the responses you get?

Fuck me, even Wasps Nest got snuck in.

Now this is bullying FFS.

[macmilm]

I'm tellin

[Goldberg]

Ah ok.. I should read my own signature. I see you thanked my post and you had an element of Sarcasm in the reply..

Whatever.

[evilsatan]

Sounds like planted media hype.

[Goldberg]

Sounds like planted media hype.

With Google Glass not far away from a mainstream release (No pun intended) it would not surprise me.

[stevo25]

all I can see is a big white box "no pun intended"

[Goldberg]

I do not get your pun..? I thought mine with main'stream' and it been near water could have.. oh never mind.

[strife]

If we can Shoehorn Linux on to it, then I'll be able to run it up the flagpole
and push the button on that.

[Goldberg]

I did already sort of sneak that in

[stevo25]

I do not get your pun..? I thought mine with main'stream' and it been near water could have.. oh never mind.

there was no pun i was taking the piss, oh well never mind, see below
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNwTL8mcsjI‎

[Ginnerfreak]

Could be another container based modular data centre like this.

[4me2]

It's probably going to be some off shore tax scam.

[stimpy]

It's probably going to be some off shore tax scam.

I think they prefer to call it tax avoidance