{"id":22800,"date":"2025-10-22T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/crystal-computing\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:32:00","slug":"crystal-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/en\/crystal-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Crystal Computing (Google Inc., St. Ghislain)\u2019 is a video-based investigation of Google\u2019s data centre in Saint-Ghislain, Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After I was rejected a visit to the data centre offi- cially, I made a secret research trip to Belgium. I collected DIY surveillance material from the surroundings of a huge industrial complex during four days. It is Google \u0301s biggest data centre in Europe. 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