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How many people work in a modern data center?
by runako 10mo ago
How many people work in a modern data center?
- al_borland 10mo agoOnly as many as are needed to physically rack the hardware and do hand-on maintenance. The people actually using the servers shouldn’t be located on-site.
- phil21 10mo agoA giant datacenter of AI scale will have a dozen or so contractors for physical plant on-site pretty much every single day as long as the thing is in operation. More if a refresh project is ongoing, which after a few years will be more less all the time. They certainly are not high density employers, but these huge hyperscale facilities typically employ 150-300 people directly, and probably at least that many on average in contracting roles. They are massive facilities.
- daheza 10mo agoHow much will the local energy prices rise due to the datacenter? More than that offset by the employees they hire I bet.