For Data Centers, Google Likes the Southeast (datacenterfrontier.com)

1sockchuck writes: With new construction projects underway in Alabama and Tennessee, Google will soon have 5 of its 8 company-built U.S. data center campuses located in the Southeast. The strategy is unique among major cloud players, who typically have server farms on each coast, plus one in the heartland. Is Google's focus on the Southeast a leading indicator of future data center development in the region? Or is it simply a case of a savvy player unearthing unique retrofit opportunities that may not work for other cloud builders?

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[BarbaraHudson]

Lots of sun means lots of solar power potential. Chill the place down real good during the day ...

The west coast is getting more and more risky. The "big one" is like a hard drive failure - not if, but when. Lots of fires. Not enough water.

The east coast - you certainly don't want to build in what will be the Gulf of Florida. Then there's hurricanes and storm surges.

The deep south - hurricanes and storm surges. A crazy religious environment. Too many red republican states with policies that discourage education, increase and make permanent the cycle of poverty, overt racism ...

The flyover states - cheaper land, lower costs, fewer natural disasters