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ohoneup t1_ir61ui0 wrote

Reply to comment by Macrophage87 in Train to Ashburn! by albinotuba

Who's decision was that? What a liability.

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Macrophage87 t1_ir633wn wrote

Almost everywhere has a backup elsewhere, and likely mirrors on the west coast and other continents.

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greetedworm t1_ir68cqp wrote

If I had to guess I'd say the first big contracts for cloud were from the Feds so they built the facilities out here and then economies of scale took over.

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OriginalUsername07 t1_ir6xqx2 wrote

What do you mean liability? Ashburn is far enough away from DC to not be severely damaged by most large ICBMs, were DC to be targeted. Add to that, we get no really intense weather or hurricanes or tornadoes in this area, no severe flooding, no earthquakes, ashburn has (or had when they started building the data centers) plenty of land to build up with secure perimeters, proximity to ocean fiber optic cables on the east coast. It’s the perfect location to put something like this

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BoozAlien t1_ir70n6a wrote

And if you drive out there to see these data centers that are sprouting up like weeds these days, they're immensely thick concrete boxes that will withstand nearly any disaster.

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