jof thejof.com ("Jonathan Lassoff") writes:
> Well, the fact still remains that operating a
datacenter smack-dab in
> the center of some of the most inflated real
estate in recent history
> is quite a castly endeavor.
yes. (speaking for both 365 main, and 529 bryant.)
> I really wouldn't be all that surprised if 365 Main cut
some corners
> here and there behind the scenes to save costs while
saving face.
no expense was spared in the conversion of this tank turret
factory into
a modern data center. if there was a dark start option, MFN
ordered it.
(but if it required maintainance, MFN's bankruptcy
interrupted that, but
the current owner has never been bankrupt.)
> As it is, they don't have remotely enough power to fill
that facility
> to capacity, and they've suffered some pretty nasty
outages in the
> recent past. I'm strongly considering the possibility
of completely
> moving out of there.
2mW/floor seemed like a lot at the time. ~6kW/rack wasn't
contemplated.
(is it time to build out the land adjacent to 200 paul,
then?)
--
Paul Vixie
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