OMG! Tech Now!

San Francisco's bay barge mystery: Floating data center or Google Glass store?

KPIX reported that Google has been unable to acquire the permits needed to bring it to San Francisco. The TV station was told that the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission has been unwilling to grant the permit. A CNET request for comment from the same commission last week was not returned. The idea of a floating Glass store is an odd one, but anything is possible from Google. In fact, after our story ran on Friday, I was contacted by someone who said he had knowledge that the project in the works is a Google store of some kind. The tipster, who is well-connected in Silicon Valley but asked to remain anonymous, told me that he had heard from multiple sources at Google that the company plans to float the Glass stores from city to city by rivers, and that the idea for the project came straight from either Larry Page or Sergey Brin, Google's founders. Finally, he said, the idea is in part that Google wants to launch stores without looking like they are trying to chase Apple.

Could be a new data center push or a floating Google store and/or museum of innovations.
An Idea that would be unique in itself, as you could move it all across the nation for huge events like the Super Bowl, E3 or Comic Con for example, at a moments notice.

Such an forward thinking innovation would be a clever marketing ploy and a gigantic "one up" on Google's battle against the declining Microsoft brand and the world-wide giant, Apple.

At least for me, curiosity lingers and I can't wait to see what is in the huge floating, metal box.
(Insert your Borg reference here Star Trek fans)

Related articles: