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Bangladesh Considers Building World's 5th-largest Data Center In Earthquake Zone

Posted by samzenpus on from the whole-lot-of-shaking-going-on dept.

An anonymous reader writes with news about a government plan to build a Tier IV data center in an earthquake prone district of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Ministry of Information is considering the establishment of a Tier 4 data centre in Kaliakair, in the Gazipur region, an ambitious build which would constitute the fifth largest data centre in the world, if completed. And if it survives – the site planned for the project is prone to earthquakes. Earthquake activity in the environs is discouraging, with one nearby earthquake seven months ago in Ranir Bazar (3.8), and no less than ten within the same tectonic zone over the last three years, the largest of which measured 4.5 on the Richter scale.

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  1. No worries by cstec · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was totally good with storing private customer data in Bangladesh before.

  2. Oh my goodness! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am being so sorry mister American Looking For A Cheap IT Fix!
    Our entire data center was at the epicenter of last weeks earthquake and has disappeared into a sinkhole!
    Backup facility? What American bullshit you are speaking to me! Were you not paying bottom dollar?
    Oh yes. And we are being sued by the families of all of the underpaid technician workers who we had leg-shacked to their desks, which were bolted into the floors. They too went down with the building!
    What? Responding to your emails? No no no! We are in the process of dissolving the company, setting up new false identities and reincorporating elsewhere! Would you like a quote when we are set up for business?

  3. They must really like segfaults by kruach+aum · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thanks folks, I'll be here all week.