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I love how there is something practical about building floating data centers, as if the coolness factor wasn't enough.
by andreyf 18y ago
I love how there is something practical about building floating data centers, as if the coolness factor wasn't enough.
- biohacker42 18y agoI wonder how much of the practicality is land/electricity costs and how much is regulation/taxes flight?
- greyman 18y agoThe later could be considered as "practicality" as well.
- biohacker42 18y agoAbsolutely, but I bet it won't be long before the government tries to tax offshore data centers as well.
- lief79 18y agoThey'd have to treat them the same as oil rigs, at least in theory. Wow, I've never seen a scenario where I pictured google on the same side as oil lobbyists.