Microsoft building first data centres with cross-laminated timber
Architecture studio Gensler has designed a pair of data centres with a hybrid CLT structure in northern Virgina, USA, for technology brand Microsoft. More
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BIG creates 3D-printed data storage device to be sent to the Moon
Danish architecture studio BIG and technology company Lonestar Data Holdings Inc have created a data storage device for the moon, where it is designed to rest indefinitely after arrival. More
Eight "weird and wonderful" data centres from around the world
An exhibition at Roca London Gallery explores the design of data centres, a type of building that often goes unnoticed. Here, curators Claire Dowdy and Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft reveal eight examples that are worthy of attention. More
Dermot Horgan imagines personal data bank at centre of future Amsterdam neighbourhood
TU Delft graduate Dermot Horgan has created a concept for a neighbourhood that would be built around a publicly accessible data bank, to make the topic of personal information central to society. More
Benthem Crouwel adds stripy tower surrounded by a moat to Amsterdam data centre
Brightly coloured circulation spaces contrast with the slick metal exterior of this data centre in Amsterdam, which Benthem Crouwel Architects designed as a more attractive take on high-security infrastructural architecture. More
FFBK Architects completes "most advanced data storage centre in Switzerland"
This data storage centre in Basel has a ridged shell of both perforated and solid steel panels, designed by Ffbk Architects to offer fragmented reflections of the sky and surroundings (+ slideshow). More
Google offers a glimpse inside its data centres
News: Google has shared these previously unseen images of its data centres around the world, which feature primary-coloured pipework, cooling rooms that glow green and bicycles for staff to get around (+ slideshow). More