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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."

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  1. Re:misspelling in title by mhh5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps it wasn't a typo... but a snide remark. Silly-con -> Sillicon

  2. Is this still "theonion.com"? by Old97 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm confused, I've been watching some videos and reading stories on the Onion's site. This story just fit right in.

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  3. Unfortunately by gtrubetskoy · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are only two places in the US where datacenters can be built - Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia.

  4. Re:I say DIG by tcopeland · · Score: 4, Funny

    > there are plenty of sites available [missilebases.com]
    > to build your own hardened data center.

    You'll need to watch for deep crows, though.

  5. Re:I say DIG by Nefarious+Wheel · · Score: 2, Funny

    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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  6. Re:Agreed by Samgilljoy · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

  7. Re:Agreed by Eevee · · Score: 2, Funny

    people who run servers don't fondle the hardware any more.

    Oh, how little you know...