Ok, first off, I have lived in Alaska for almost 17 years now. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline runs about 200 yards from my house. At first, this sounds like a wonderful idea. Now, let's get logical. The "Pipe" to the slope, is not really that big. I personally know people who run this system, it's crazy. Not only is the fiber old, but there isn't that much. And, as I read earlier, one person is right. It goes to Valdez, and STOPS! They use the fiber for "communications", etc. There is no chance that they could accomodate this size of a connection. (half a million servers?). Christ, our local phone company can't tap into the pipe. We have to route our data via COPPER LINES all the way to anchorage, where exists the ONLY fiber connection to the Lower 48. Natural Gas; They have been talking about using this forever. I have never seen anything done. I'm sure BP and the like would love to pawn off this excess gas to this "server farm". Refinery anyone? Ok, how about LAND? God, does anyone know what ANWAR is? The OIL COMPANYS are running out of land. Physical access; there exists only one road to the north slope, and it SUCKS! Basically, whoever is up there, is stuck. You can't just commute home after work. Now, considering all this stuff, I can think of a much better place to locate this farm. ANCHORAGE! think.... everything that you could ever get in alaska, you get from anchorage. they have the power, it's fairly cheap. there is plenty of land. And, they already have an existing backbone connection. Christ people. talk about logisics.
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Ok, first off, I have lived in Alaska for almost 17 years now. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline runs about 200 yards from my house. At first, this sounds like a wonderful idea. Now, let's get logical. The "Pipe" to the slope, is not really that big. I personally know people who run this system, it's crazy. Not only is the fiber old, but there isn't that much. And, as I read earlier, one person is right. It goes to Valdez, and STOPS! They use the fiber for "communications", etc. There is no chance that they could accomodate this size of a connection. (half a million servers?). Christ, our local phone company can't tap into the pipe. We have to route our data via COPPER LINES all the way to anchorage, where exists the ONLY fiber connection to the Lower 48. Natural Gas; They have been talking about using this forever. I have never seen anything done. I'm sure BP and the like would love to pawn off this excess gas to this "server farm". Refinery anyone? Ok, how about LAND? God, does anyone know what ANWAR is? The OIL COMPANYS are running out of land. Physical access; there exists only one road to the north slope, and it SUCKS! Basically, whoever is up there, is stuck. You can't just commute home after work. Now, considering all this stuff, I can think of a much better place to locate this farm. ANCHORAGE! think.... everything that you could ever get in alaska, you get from anchorage. they have the power, it's fairly cheap. there is plenty of land. And, they already have an existing backbone connection. Christ people. talk about logisics.
Reminds me of the movie Event Horizon Moderators: Now is your chance to make my life even more worthless