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A colocation space took over one of ours for a data center. It's nice inside, but the outside is still a dump, probably worse then before. It's an eyesore and t

A colocation space took over one of ours for a data center. It's nice inside, but the outside is still a dump, probably worse then before. It's an eyesore and there is no investment in the community or the area around the data center.

bee_rider 4y ago
That's interesting. It makes sense of course -- the data center isn't selling to customers who come in via foot traffic, so why beautify the outside? A data center seems a bit interesting from a zoning point of view for that reason -- not incentivized to beautify; but not as bad as industrial, not a ton of possibly dangerous waste products... I guess a not-actively-damaging source of tax revenue is always welcome in a town.
- prottog 4y ago
  > so why beautify the outside? Private investors could certainly choose to take a small hit to their return and take pride in how their investment looks from the outside. There's value in that.
  - bee_rider 4y ago
    Sure! It just isn't a core business need, unlike in the case of a mall.