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I don't know why these companies with massive in-person offices don't just convert them into mini data centers. Maybe have 1 or 2 top level floors reserved for
by xyst 5y ago
I don't know why these companies with massive in-person offices don't just convert them into mini data centers. Maybe have 1 or 2 top level floors reserved for in-person meetings or executives but the rest of the building can be used for housing data centers.
Most businesses wouldn't even need to an entire floor.
- asdff 5y agoI don't think offices make great datacenters without a lot of investment in HVAC at least, beyond the handful of racks they might already have in a few rooms. Plus most businesses don't own their offices, they lease them from a property owner that would probably prefer to keep it as office space should the business fail.
- CRConrad 5y agoSo why don't they just not renew the lease on 50-80% of that expensive office space? It's not like a majority of tech businesses own the buildings their office is in. Or if they do, rent the excess out to others. (Sure, right now if everyone does either, the office-space rental market will pretty much crash... But a lot more tech corps would profit from that than would suffer from not getting good profits from renting out their property.)