I tried 'Data Center,' a new game that makes you boss of your own compute farm. I failed miserably.

Ben Shimkus, a reporter at Business Insider, tried to simulate his own data center in the new 'Data Center' demo game. It didn't go particularly well.

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• I demoed 'Data Center,' an upcoming PC simulator game. It was humbling.
• Box CEO Aaron Levie jokingly called the game "Madden" for techies.
• I found it to be a detailed simulation of working at a data center, but I won't be switching careers.

I began my virtual career in the data center industry...