Disaster-proof data centers

So you want a really disaster-proof data center? Perhaps you should consider building one in a bomb shelter. Don't laugh. Processor notes that there "are a handful of underground data center hosting sites, built in old bomb shelters or mines, and their popularity with private businesses is on the rise."

These centers sport names like "The Underground" and "InfoBunker." Their pitch is total protection "against any and all disasters that might bring down a regular data center." Continental Airlines has erected a backup data center in Texas in what was once a former nuclear fallout shelter. Banks are said to be actively considering the idea.

Underground data centers--some of which were once secure communications facilities--tend to "feature 3- or 4-foot thick walls, fire proofing, and fire detection. Generators, fuel tanks, and cooling systems are usually either underground or just under the surface." Many are sprouting far from the likes of New Jersey, where costs are high, and showing up in places like Iowa and Nebraska. 

For more: 
- here's the Processor article 

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