Could the Cloud Derail a $300 Million Data Center?

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 23, 2009 @06:23AM from the follow-the-electrons dept.

1sockchuck writes "The cloud computing debate has come into focus for taxpayers in Washington state, where a proposed $300 million project to build a data center in Olympia for the state's IT operations is coming under scrutiny. Two legislators are urging the state to shift applications to the cloud instead, noting that two of the largest cloud computing providers (Microsoft and Amazon) are based in the state. The critics say the data center project is driven by an interest in local construction and 'fails to seriously explore the larger strategic question facing government technology today.'"

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Some day... by Facegarden · 2009-07-23 06:34 · Score: 3, Funny

Some day, someone will figure out how to store data in *actual* clouds, and this whole thing is gonna get *really* confusing.
-Taylor

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Re:short answer: yes. by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-23 06:56 · Score: 1, Funny

Next question. Is that REALLY your beard?
Re:And here I was ... by llamalad · 2009-07-23 09:08 · Score: 2, Funny

How are we supposed to have a conversation about this if you're going to go and cloud the discussion with actual facts?