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From a national security standpoint, it's probably a good thing if hi-tech firms are dissuaded from the SF. A magnitude 9+ earthquake is going to hit the area o
by chungleong 7y ago
From a national security standpoint, it's probably a good thing if hi-tech firms are dissuaded from the SF. A magnitude 9+ earthquake is going to hit the area one of these days. It's simply inevitable. Making the city a critical networking hub is sort of crazy if you think about it.
- komali2 7y agoWhat datacenters are here? I thought everyone was throwing their servers out in Utah. Would be a bit mad to build a server farm on land you could make millions on building housing on instead.
- eismcc 7y agoSacramento
- komali2 7y agoThis wouldn't affect those data centers though
- chungleong 7y agoBy networking I meant business social networking. Key people could be killed or seriously injured in the quake. Or just preoccupied with recovery efforts.
- jdavis703 7y agoA magnitude 9+ earthquake most likely can't occur in California [0]. Even a magnitude 8 only has a very small chance of occuring. We're most likely to see 7.5 and below. 0: https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2015/3009/pdf/fs2015-3009.pdf https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2015/3009/pdf/fs2015-3009.pdf