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People have probably seen more data centers than they think, and just not noticed. They just look like large buildings if you pass by on the highway. There use
by nitwit005 3y ago
People have probably seen more data centers than they think, and just not noticed. They just look like large buildings if you pass by on the highway.
There used to be a lot of telephone buildings in the US. AT&T built them right in the middle of communities in many cases, but they attempted to match local architecture. Most people never realized they were there.
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoThe ones with security fences stand out more obviously.
- pests 3y agoYep. I recently found out the non-descript brick building in the slightly shady part of town actually houses tens of millions of dollars in servers. It was quite the shock to go from the grimey city alley to a perfectly clean, high tech, and highly secure interior.
- Mountain_Skies 3y agoSo many buildings downtown were getting filled up with telecom and data equipment that the Atlanta city council passed a law about a decade ago to keep it from pushing out all other uses. There are lots of historic buildings that are little more than facades wrapped around these places due to how much fiber runs through downtown making it a very attractive place to locate. The city wants more people downtown so they'd prefer more housing, offices, retail, and hotels (human, not telecom). The law seems to have worked or at least contributed to helping to rebalance uses there.