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They who? I've had dozens of customers, and multiple employers, and co-founded several companies. Most of them had servers in multiple redundant data centres wo
by vidarh 3y ago
They who? I've had dozens of customers, and multiple employers, and co-founded several companies. Most of them had servers in multiple redundant data centres worldwide. None owned any data centres because it rarely pays - owning data centres is a real estate play, not a tech play, which is why you also increasingly see real-estate management companies pick up data centre operators. Unless you're spending in the billions, it's rarely worth it when the markup is a tiny fraction of what you're paying for space and power.
Some w/rented servers. Some leased. Some owned. Some with staff on retainer just for us. Some just w/support contracts and remote hands. In some cases we rented office space for ops people in the colo facility, because again: They're real estate plays and the big ones have office suites available.