The Shutdown: Dismantling A Data Center

We've seen lots of time-lapse videos of people building server rooms and data centers. But here's the first example I've seen of a time-lapse video of someone breaking down a data center. YouTube user dragonfly5446 has put together a unique look at the decommissioning of a facility in northern Virginia with 300 servers and 40 network devices. The video was created by positioning a Nikon D7000 camera in high-traffic areas of the data center and setting it to take a picture every seven to 12 seconds. The entire process is set to music, to very cool effect. This video runs about 11 minutes.

For additional video, check out our DCK video archive and the Data Center Videos channel on YouTube.