Google as the Future Internet Backbone

Google has built a number of processing centers around the country. Those in Oregon and North Carolina have been the subject of magazine articles, though there are supposed to be a number of others. These centers initially provide rapid responses to search queries and the delivery of advertisements. However, given the bandwidth that will connect these sites, their processing power, and their data storage, these sites are potentially the backbone of the future media-rich Internet. Google may sell hosting services to companies like YouTube and the television networks who need to deliver movies, music, etc to customers from locations that are close to the customers that requested the information. As Hollywood moves toward digital movies delivered via a network, these sites may also deliver those movies directly to theater projectors