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MIRACLE IN MEMPHIS: A visit to FedEx?s SuperHub, where technology powers the global economy while y?

By Glenn Reynolds

MIRACLE IN MEMPHIS: A visit to FedEx’s SuperHub, where technology powers the global economy while you sleep. “In many ways, the SuperHub dwarfs its ‘big brother,’ Memphis International Airport. The SuperHub is a world unto itself, with a hospital, a fire station, a meteorology unit, and a private security force; it has branches of U.S. Customs and Homeland Security, plus anti-terror operations no one will talk about. It has 20 electric power generators as backup to keep it running if the power grid goes down.” Plus, talking to Fred Smith.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on December 21, 2010 (boomark / email).