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Data centers cost billions. Signal, and pretty much everyone else who isn't already in the data center business, is far away from breakeven on that.
by maxfurman 3y ago
Data centers cost billions. Signal, and pretty much everyone else who isn't already in the data center business, is far away from breakeven on that.
- Symbiote 3y agoThere are several steps between using AWS and building a datacentre. - Using similar services from cheaper cloud providers - Renting VMs - Renting whole servers - Renting rack space + power - Renting larger spaces (many racks, or part or all of a whole floor)
- hotnfresh 3y agoThe small ISP/phone/cable company I worked for in high school had a data center. Maybe 20 racks. It was pretty damn reliable (old-school phone infra techs knew how to make shit stay “online”). I guarantee it wasn’t above the single-digit millions to build, inflation adjusted.
- frakkingcylons 3y agoThat example of your small telecom company isn't really relevant here, is it? Signal needs to work well for people around the world.
- hotnfresh 3y agoYou can serve tens to hundreds of millions of messaging clients with data centers (plural) that don’t cost billions, even collectively, to build.
- MagicMoonlight 3y agoYou don't have to buy a data centre... You can lease space in an existing facility for almost nothing.