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> is the first in a new generation of data centers being built by Amazon, and part of what the company calls Project Rainier, after the mountain that looms near
by DrBazza 1y ago
> is the first in a new generation of data centers being built by Amazon, and part of what the company calls Project Rainier, after the mountain that looms near its Seattle headquarters
Near both the Casadia fault that's produced magnitude 9 earthquakes and a chain of active volcanoes. Both of which are statistically likely. I do wonder what contingency plans Amazon (and Microsoft) have in the event of a megathrust earthquake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_subduction_zone#Forecasts_of_the_next_major_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_subduction_zone#Forec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rainier#Modern_activity_and_threat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rainier#Modern_activity_...
- readthenotes1 1y agoIt is named project rainier, but the facilities are in Indiana. If you're speaking metaphorically, the mega thrust would be some cataclysmic world event like China invading Taiwan. In which case they won't need to earn natural gas to power or waste fresh water to cool...
- jltsiren 1y agoMegathrust earthquakes are pretty common around the world. Some of them cause major damage, such as the ones in 2004 and 2011. But even then, the impact is mostly regional.
- PNewling 1y ago> Both of which are statistically likely. It's seems a little dishonest to not include that 'statistically likely' is on a geological time scale.