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That's not far from St. Louis and Fort Leonard Wood, a hub for basic training among other things. I wonder if that had any impact in the location.
by jasonlotito 4mo ago
That's not far from St. Louis and Fort Leonard Wood, a hub for basic training among other things. I wonder if that had any impact in the location.
- shermantanktop 4mo agoHow so? Not seeing the connection.
- logankeenan 4mo agoData centers are critical infrastructure and having them near military bases could be seen as a security benefit. The AWS status page still shows UAE as disrupted https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
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- stonogo 4mo agoFort Leonard Wood is a basic training base. It has no meaningful defenses.
- philajan 4mo agoI imagined the location has to do with the nearby Callaway Nuclear power plant, and the solar projects that Ameren have been putting up in Montgomery County for the past few years.
- michaelsbradley 4mo agoIt’s about 80 miles from the city proper, out in the middle of nowhere essentially, so unlikely to employ anyone that actually lives in St. Louis.