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Early internet backbone certainly did pass though Utah because University of Utah was one of the original four implementation points (IMP) of ARPANET
by throwaway0asd 4y ago
Early internet backbone certainly did pass though Utah because University of Utah was one of the original four implementation points (IMP) of ARPANET
- dendrite9 4y agoU of U also has a small, 100 kilowatt reactor. The BYU one is news to me but I didn't have much connection to that school. https://www.civil.utah.edu/graduate-nuclear-engineering/ https://www.civil.utah.edu/graduate-nuclear-engineering/ https://www.deseret.com/2011/3/16/20370414/university-of-utah-has-own-nuclear-reactor-tucked-away https://www.deseret.com/2011/3/16/20370414/university-of-uta...
- ahazred8ta 4y agoThat's because in the 1800s a 200 foot wide transcontinental telegraph right of way was established, running past the Great Salt Lake. Hundreds of cables have been laid along it. There's a string of datacenters along that line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_transcontinental_railroad#Union_Pacific_route https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_transcontinental_railroa...