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Data Centers Coming To a City Near You (datacenterfrontier.com)

Posted by timothy on from the just-where-you-least-expect-them dept.

1sockchuck writes: There are more wired businesses than ever in towns and cities across America. That's why the data center industry is coming to smaller cities you may not think of as technology hubs. Industry executives say the convergence of cloud computing, Big Data and the Internet of Things will require data centers in many places outside the traditional "Big Six" markets (Northern Virginia, New York/New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles). "We're seeing success in the Tier 2 markets," said Kevin Bostick of 365 Data Centers, which operates in markets like Buffalo, Nashville and Pittsburgh. "We feel very confident with our ability to grow in these markets, especially given what we've seen over the past six months." Commercial real estate brokers confirm the trend, citing strong interest in the Pacific Northwest (especially Portland).

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  1. PNW by Dutch+Gun · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Pacific Northwest seems like a reasonably good choice for data centers, at least for serving this corner of the country. Lots of clean, cheap hydro power, near major tech industry in Seattle area, and there's plenty of water for cooling.

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    1. Re:PNW by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Funny

      The Pacific Northwest seems like a reasonably good choice for data centers, at least for serving this corner of the country.

      That's like saying my kitchen seems like a reasonably good location for a sandwich shop, at least for serving my house.

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    2. Re:PNW by PPH · · Score: 2

      Lots of clean, cheap hydro power,

      Not any more. They're tearing down the dams.

      and there's plenty of water for cooling.

      Won't somebody please think of the fish?

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    3. Re:PNW by Dutch+Gun · · Score: 3, Insightful

      No one is going to be breaching the Grand Coulee Dam or the several dozen other major dams in the near future. I wouldn't extrapolate a few small, obsolete dams being torn down into some sort of trend.

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  2. Datacenters ? What for ? by galphanet · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why building datacenters ? Let's put everything in the cloud instead ! (irony inside)

    1. Re:Datacenters ? What for ? by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 2

      I just wait for someone to start selling "your new, own personal cloud to put in your home!!" devices.

      Like this?
      Or this?
      Or maybe this?

  3. Re:Will there ever be self-storage type datacenter by silas_moeckel · · Score: 2

    There are tons of DC's that have maybe a couple guys on days and an on call. L3 and the likes has no manged services DC's. You can easily get a rack with 20a 110v for under a grand a month (a decent hunk of that price is power/cooling). Lots of places offer half and quarter racks. A quarter rack is about as small as you can go where there is customer access since it's about as small as you can make it. Piles of places will let you ship a 1ru where they and stack it for you for a very nominal fee.

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  4. "Coming"? by Jethro · · Score: 2

    Any decent-sized city already has dozens of datacenters. Any large city probably has hundreds. Data centers are kind of like parking lots.

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