Will Silicon Valley Run Out of Data Center Space? 142
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from the demand-and-demand dept.
from the demand-and-demand dept.
1sockchuck writes "With capital scarce, data center developers are prioritizing projects in northern Virginia, where the Obama stimulus plan and federal shift to cloud computing are likely to boost data center demand from government agencies. This is forcing them to delay or scale back large projects in Santa Clara, setting the stage for a supply/demand imbalance in Silicon Valley, particularly for large space requirements. One potential mitigating factor: some currently occupied data center space could become available through the failure of venture-backed startups."
Re:misspelling in title (Score:4, Funny)
Perhaps it wasn't a typo... but a snide remark. Silly-con -> Sillicon
Peak Valley (Score:1, Funny)
Were going to need a bigger valley!
Start digging or start dying.
Is this still "theonion.com"? (Score:3, Funny)
Unfortunately (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I say DIG (Score:5, Funny)
> there are plenty of sites available [missilebases.com]
> to build your own hardened data center.
You'll need to watch for deep crows [penny-arcade.com], though.
Re:No more startups (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Rust Belt (Score:1, Funny)
They don't call em utards on fark for nothin you know.
They are building them here in Vegas... (Score:1, Funny)
...the most dense data center in the world is the SuperNAP locate here in Vegas:
http://www.switchnap.com/
A lot more are being built here as this is the safest place from disasters in the US.
Re:I say DIG (Score:3, Funny)
And it is real. It is a newly opened high-security data center run by one of Swedenâ(TM)s largest ISPs, located in an old nuclear bunker deep below the bedrock of Stockholm city, sealed off from the world by entrance doors 40 cm thick (almost 16 inches).
But ... is it proof against Ninjas? Looks like the perfect spot to relocate TPB.
Re:Agreed (Score:5, Funny)
I had a vision once of server farming becoming a family tradition among people in certain parts of the world, replacing agriculture.
Server farmer's almanac? heh heh
Re:Agreed (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, how little you know...