It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the billion-dollar technology company Google takes some pretty heavy measures to protect its data, both physical and digital.
If you try to step foot near the data center, you will face fences, checkpoints, badges, and biometric iris scans, just to name a few.
Chapel of the Ark of the Covenant
According to the Book of Exodus, the Ark of the Covenant, also called the Ark of the Testimony, is a gold-covered wooden chest with a lid cover that contains the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. Some texts in the Hebrew Bible also describe the ark as having Aaron's rod and a pot of manna. Rumor has it that this chapel is the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant.
Due to the righteousness of the area, nobody is allowed to see the Ark, including even the Ethiopian president.
Indiana Jones
However, there is a single monk who watches over the ark and never leaves the chapel grounds.
You may have heard of the Ark of the Covenant, even if you're not a Bible reader. "Indiana Jones" fans? Well, the professor-archaeologist-adventurer in the movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark," goes looking for the Ark of the Covenant.
Security Measures
On top of that, there are other security measures in place to keep out unwanted guests, however, Google refuses to disclose what they are. The tours of the centers are highly off-limits. In fact, less than 1 percent of Google's 60,000 employees are allowed to enter any of the company's data centers.
All existing data centers use about 2 percent of the world’s electricity, so Google set out to protect their data in a greener and more environmentally friendly way. They use wind turbines to power some of their data centers in addition to energy-efficient facilities.
Jiangsu National Museum
Have you ever heard of a museum where only the country's citizens are allowed in? Here you have it. At the Jiangsu National Security Education Museum, only Chinese have the right to enter. Foreigners are strictly prohibited.
The reason for this is that the museum stores sensitive spy information. Several of its halls display the history of Chinese security devices and practices throughout time all the way back to 1927 when communists were in battle against their Nationalist enemies.