Internet giant Snapchat has today announced it is building a new £2bn data centre campus close to Finsbury Park, UK, as it prepares to tackle a local surge of its services, with some 60 million snaps expected on Sunday 24th of September during ABODE in the Park.
The company has submitted plans to build a huge 20,672 sq meter data centre, which aside from over 15K square meters of high-speed servers will also include 3 bars, a Void Incubus sound rig, 6 confetti canons, a jacuzzi-lined VIP as well as full time staff of over 100 engineers, 22 developer’s, 18 dancers, 14 barman, 4 dealers, 6 DJ’s and one very friendly toilet attendant.
James Chivers, Vice-President of Snapchat stated earlier “our main issues with any of the Abode gigs is usually either excessive server load due to the zillions of snaps, or not being able to get any tickets. Ever.”
“The fucking things usually sell out in minutes and they won’t respond to our guest list requests, so we’re left spending the night back at the office scrambling to keep the service online while a few thousand birds send filtered snaps of themselves slut-dropping to Ellie Cocks or pulling duck faces at Will Taylor”
“With Abode In The Park just announced, it was panic stations across the whole company to be honest.”
“Firstly, how the fuck do we get tickets. Secondly, how the fuck do we keep the app online while we’re off our chops across the road?”
“In the end, we went for the upgrade with our new 20,672 square meter nightclub… sorry, data centre, which will help us keep snapchat running as the multi-millions of snaps start to arrive once Abode opens its doors.”
“Also, not that we’ve given this any thought or anything, but there is also the possibility of an afterparty in the office once they finish up.”
“Seeing as we’re just across the road and all…”
