A handful of headlines throughout 2021 made even seasoned data center veterans do a double-take. 

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This Dallas McMansion is actually a data center.

Billion-dollar deals or millions of square feet in new development?

Not exactly.

With robotic guard dogs patrolling server rack and former data centers disguised as mansions marketed as safe-houses — and with data centers planned for the moon and being discovered illegally operating out of…