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Will Silicon Valley Run Out of Data Center Space?
1sockchuck writes "With capital scarce, data center developers are prioritizing projects in northern Virginia, where the Obama stimulus plan and federal shift to cloud computing are likely to boost data center demand from government agencies. This is forcing them to delay or scale back large projects in Santa Clara, setting the stage for a supply/demand imbalance in Silicon Valley, particularly for large space requirements. One potential mitigating factor: some currently occupied data center space could become available through the failure of venture-backed startups."
Perhaps it wasn't a typo... but a snide remark. Silly-con -> Sillicon
Were going to need a bigger valley!
Start digging or start dying.
I'm confused, I've been watching some videos and reading stories on the Onion's site. This story just fit right in.
Very often, people confuse simple with simplistic. The nuance is lost on most. - Clement Mok
There are only two places in the US where datacenters can be built - Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia.
> there are plenty of sites available [missilebases.com]
> to build your own hardened data center.
You'll need to watch for deep crows, though.
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Flamebait? He makes some excellent points. The federal deficit will soon be at a level where no amount of gdp increase will be able to pay it off. Get ready for massive tax increases, massive inflation, or parts of the US being sold off.
Utah? Is there anyone there smart enough to run a computer let alone manage a server?
They don't call em utards on fark for nothin you know.
...the most dense data center in the world is the SuperNAP locate here in Vegas:
http://www.switchnap.com/
A lot more are being built here as this is the safest place from disasters in the US.
And it is real. It is a newly opened high-security data center run by one of Swedenâ(TM)s largest ISPs, located in an old nuclear bunker deep below the bedrock of Stockholm city, sealed off from the world by entrance doors 40 cm thick (almost 16 inches).
But ... is it proof against Ninjas? Looks like the perfect spot to relocate TPB.
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I had a vision once of server farming becoming a family tradition among people in certain parts of the world, replacing agriculture.
Server farmer's almanac? heh heh
Oh, how little you know...