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Depending on the region your infrastructure is located in, AWS doesn't own the datacenter. For example in the Paris (eu-west-3) region, their availability zone
by LunaSea 7y ago
Depending on the region your infrastructure is located in, AWS doesn't own the datacenter.
For example in the Paris (eu-west-3) region, their availability zones are operated on hardware owned and managed by Telehouse, Interxion and Equinix.
- yingw787 7y agoHuh, interesting, I didn't know this. Thanks so much for sharing! Do you have a link? I searched and found all three companies, but I only see links to AWS Direct Connect and hybrid cloud solutions. I just assumed if they're creating their own chips, they're probably creating their own servers, datacenters, networks, etc. but I guess I shouldn't jump to conclusions.
- mrkurt 7y agoDatacenters are weird. They're basically a real estate market, check out Digital Realty Trust: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Realty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Realty Networks are crazy too, especially between continents, ownership of undersea cables is fascinating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable
- LunaSea 7y agohttps://www.interxion.com/sites/default/files/2020-01/paris-campus-factsheet.pdf https://www.interxion.com/sites/default/files/2020-01/paris-... I'm guessing it's likely that this solution was adopted to quickly expand to a lot of countries due to data location and privacy questions being raised.