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> When the sun is shining in Spain, then we move the data there, and when the wind is blowing in the Netherlands then we move it there. I'm sure this sounds gr
by poisonborz 3y ago
> When the sun is shining in Spain, then we move the data there, and when the wind is blowing in the Netherlands then we move it there.
I'm sure this sounds great for the laymen and politicians, but does it really make sense technically?
- datadeft 3y agoNot really
- eptcyka 3y agoNo. Nothing beats a truck full of drives for bandwidth, nothing beats fiber for latency, they need both.
- hinkley 3y agoAnd nothing is expensive like an idle data center. This whole idea of moving compute around based on where the free power doesn't actually work. Power has grown as a fraction of data center cost over time, that's very very true, but saving 50% on power doesn't offset having a data center 90% idle.
- re-thc 3y ago> Nothing beats a truck full of drives You need pigeons!