faeriol

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   by faeriol 9y ago

   Keywords here being IF and COULD... I'm under the impression most people are ready to spend a certain portion of their income on their living arrangement and low interest rates just encourage them to buy ~bigger~ more expensive propert
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   by faeriol 10y ago

   Now for cooling, the montreal region has subzero temps from lateish november to somthing like almost april... Apparently Wikipedia has a half decent article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_in_Canada Not sur
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   by faeriol 10y ago

   Yes that has been a problem... Let me tell you, everybody would have been investing in the infrastructure if there had been a social desire to actually attract datacenters... Nobody will invest in good internet lines if the only thing to go
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   by faeriol 10y ago

   They put business people in charge of the Electrical company instead of engineers... Service quality went down, new projects were put on hold, and investments in new technology was basically killed... Prices went up too. Quebec has national
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   by faeriol 10y ago

   The region should have become the Datacenter capital of North-America... Cold temperatures, Cheap (and renewable) power...