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Now I'm curious. Portland is nowhere near the ocean. Do the cables run 100 miles up the Columbia River?
by Stratoscope 6y ago
Now I'm curious. Portland is nowhere near the ocean. Do the cables run 100 miles up the Columbia River?
- Scoundreller 6y agoBy the looks of the map, yes, there are several that land in Hillsboro (a suburb of Portland, OR)
- Stratoscope 6y agoInteresting, thanks! I always thought of the cable landings as being on the coast, but obviously I was mistaken.
- octoberfranklin 6y agoWell, technically they're still on the coastline. Just like docks, marinas, and even cities, they tend to get moved inland along harbors and estuaries where available, for protection from ocean weather and waters. Even San Francisco ('s city center) is on the Bay-facing side of the relevant landmass.
- octoberfranklin 6y agoThat's not surprising either, all the Oregon data centers are in Hillsboro.
- octoberfranklin 6y agoProbably. Washington State's cable landings are all in Puget Sound, a similar distance up the Strait of Juan de Fuca. In the Pacific Northwest the weather on along the coast can get pretty fierce in the winter (wind, storms). You don't tend to see a lot of industrial infrastructure built there.
- bogomipz 6y agoNo. Once they reach land they use public right-aways just like normal service providers. There would be no reason to bury a cable in a river to get it from the coast to the city.