Sheehan Partners Architecture/SP-ARCH of Chicago along with other consultants on this project hired me to photograph the exterior and interior of their SV5 Data Center finished in November on 2010.
Here is an early digital rendering from the SP-ARCH website depicting an aerial view of the 125,000 square foot building.
Here is an early digital rendering from the SP-ARCH website depicting an aerial view of the 125,000 square foot building.
You'll notice that in the final design the once smooth black steel preform wall which house the generators adds to it a more pronounced staggered/ribbed pattern.
Here is a view from the roof looking west towards the Santa Cruz mountains. Only half of the roof is outfitted with cooling equipment as of yet.
The entrance to the building has been toned down in the final version by replacing the brightly colored teal blue and lime green paneling along the front wall with a more svelte looking brushed steel type paneling, reminiscent of the type of skin Frank Gehry uses to construct his buildings.
The inside of the SV5 Data Center glows a futuristic blue color which is an integral part of Equinix's branding. Here are two views of the interior conference rooms, mezzanine, and lounge. They even have a free arcade for guest or employees to use.
Whether you're downloading a video from YouTube, browsing a friends status on Facebook, or searching for some obscure factoid on Google chances are that the information you are accessing is coming to you via an Equinix Data Center.
With over 87 facilities around the globe in more than 11 countries, these giant electronic brains of information function synergistically to make it faster and more secure for information to get from point A to point B in the digital realm.
After Google-ing and most likely accessing my search results from the very company I was searching I came across an interesting interview done by Forbes columnist Brian Caulfield with Equinix CEO Stephen Smith for a piece entitled,"The Internet's Most Connected Company" - click here to read the full story
