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Servers?

• jmcgough 9y ago
  There's certainly cheaper places to house servers. They were probably a big cramped already, and expecting to need that space as they hire more (they aren't limited to their current job listings).
  • handedness 9y ago
    Not to say that's Dropbox's reason, but in my experience many, many large companies host servers in places that are far from being the most cost-effective option.
    • jdavis703 9y ago
      Bloomberg used to have (maybe they still have it) a data center at 525 Market Street, a skyscraper in the heart of the Financial District. Sometimes cost effectiveness isn't the sole option companies use, maybe it made sense for Bloomberg to have servers close to their customers.
      • solatic 9y ago
        The financial sector isn't the best counter-example. Every little bit of latency matters in HFT, so there's probably a competitive advantage to running servers there compared with the countryside.
• jorts 9y ago
  I doubt they'd use such expensive property for a data center.
• more_corn 9y ago
  No, you don't put servers in office space. The infrastructure requirements are drastically different.
  • pandemicsyn 9y ago
    I mean its not unheard of for a company that size to build out a hardware lab on site in what over office space they're leasing. My previous employer did that through 3 office moves (+10 racks of test gear).
    • notyourwork 9y ago
      Racks of test gear are far from a data center.