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…and why should the local fire department care about those concerns?

• mjr00 1y ago
  Because there are federal agents with rifles guarding the data center, and they're allowed to use deadly force if the local FD ignores their instructions.
  • FireBeyond 1y ago
    What AWS datacenters are guarded by federal agents?
    • mjr00 1y ago
      The ones hosting classified data used by federal agencies. https://aws.amazon.com/federal/us-intelligence-community/ https://aws.amazon.com/federal/us-intelligence-community/
      • kjkjadksj 1y ago
        Is that this one in particular?
        • mjr00 1y ago
          Reading between the lines: yes, certainly. Amazon wouldn't stop firefighters from getting into a normal datacenter, nor would they have the authority to stop them if they wanted to. A private corporation can't demand background checks from emergency responders; a letter agency can.
          • kjkjadksj 1y ago
            One would think they would cite that as a reason