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I'm curious if the NSA data center and Google Fiber being planned for Provo, UT (of all the wasted places...) is coincidental.
by fizgig 12y ago
I'm curious if the NSA data center and Google Fiber being planned for Provo, UT (of all the wasted places...) is coincidental.
- lern_too_spel 12y agoGoogle already explained why they chose Provo. The infrastructure is already mostly in place, and they can get it cheaply. http://www.provo.org/about-us/current-issues/google-fiber http://www.provo.org/about-us/current-issues/google-fiber Others in this thread have already explained why the NSA might build a data center in Utah.
- SoftwareMaven 12y agoProvo was looking to get out of the fiber infrastructure they owned after a failed attempted at state-wide fiber left them holding the ball. Utah has a very strong tech sector, of which Provo is one of the hubs. It basically gave them a nearly free entry into the Utah market, a market that tends to be much more business friendly than, say, the Bay Area. I fail to see how it could be anything other than coincidence (with the possible exception of good connectivity to the rest if the world).