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What Are They Building in There? Google’s Secret Project

Nobody knows for sure what is inside two floating barges, owing to some extraordinary secrecy measures that have been taken. 
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The image above is from a 2009 patent filing by Google, depicting a floating data center. This has led many to speculate that two barges – one in San Francisco and another off the coast of Maine – are the realizations of Google’s project.

However, nobody knows for sure, owing to some extraordinary secrecy measures that have been taken. 

A rival theory suggests that the barges are floating marketing centers for Google Glass.

Read more here. 

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