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Russians Build Nuclear-Powered Data Center (datacenterdynamics.com)
judgecorp writes: The government-owned Russian energy company Rosenergoatom is building Russia's largest data center at its giant Kalinin nuclear power station. Most of the space will be available to customers, and the facility expects to be in demand, thanks to two factors: reliable power, and the data residency rules which require Russian citizens' data to be located within Russia. Facebook and Google don't have data centers within Russia yet — and Rosenergoatom has already invited them into the Kalinin facility.
They are catching up with France, where _every_ data-center is nuclear powered.
Damn right! And about time, too!
After Islam, we should go after the Jews, Christians, Buddhists, etc.
And once there's only the atheists left, we'll eliminate the idiots who believe in the FSM! LONG LIVE THE IPU!
Feds.. invite you to use their shiny new data center?
If you were me, you'd be good lookin'. - six string samurai
I thought we would have learned by now that carpet bombing terrorists is not going to take care of them. It may be necessary (and in case of IS it'll certainly help weaken), but it's not a solution. And nationalism, or being proud of your country, is fine, however Putin is a great example of the kind of leader that sentiment tends to attract. With every thing that Putin does, from bombing ISIS to messing in the Crimea to signing a bill to protect the spotted puking buzzard, you have to look first at how it helps him and keep him in power, because that's his motivation. Ruling Russia has always been about spear-rattling to fuel their pride, petty oppression to fuel their fear, and for the rest doing whatever the hell you want without pissing the general populace off too much. I'm sure someone will want to point out that this could be said for many western governments these days, but read a little history to see that there really is no comparison. It's not for nothing that someone (can't remember who it was) called Russia a "nation of moral masochists"
If construction was anything like programming, an incorrectly fitted lock would bring down the entire building...
It's built by the nuclear power company, and the article says the data center may act as a power sink when there's excess electricity on the grid. So that's a bit interesting.
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I think the official spin is more like: to protect Russian citizens from sanctions imposed on them, that is make important services independent of the outside. For example, countries can suddenly, in response to let's say invading Ukraine, demand that certain banks (or credit cards) refuse to process Russian data, which could majorly impact Russians.