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GOOGLE is secretly developing what is thought to be one of the most powerful supercomputers in an ambitious bid to outstrip rivals Yahoo! and Microsoft.The internet firm is building a complex the size of two football pitches with cooling towers four floors high on a remote stretch of land in Oregon.
It is thought to house two data centres and thousands of servers that will power the billions of search queries it handles daily, as well as an expanding range of other services.
The clandestine expansion on the 12-hectare site about 130 kilometres east of Portland is considered part of an "arms race" as other online companies vie for Google's crown.
Google's New Super Upgrade [smh.com.au]
