You can’t tell whether it’s an Ai datacenter or one that merely holds and protects your health data and DMV records. Or a mix.
The criteria needs to not be the PURPOSE of a DC, since that’s impossible to gauge before or after the build, but the build of the DC.
no water cooling
ya pay for your power
no fucking jet engines outside
noise bylaws strictly enforced
You know, like everyone else.
One of my contracts is with a gov adjacent org. I know they’ve got your personal info - the stuff like your DMV recs - kept very safely in a datacenter somewhere. It’s safe, reliable, and has great data connections.
Tear these down and … what? Back to paper in an office somewhere with no backup?
You can’t tell whether it’s an Ai datacenter or one that merely holds and protects your health data and DMV records. Or a mix.
The criteria needs to not be the PURPOSE of a DC, since that’s impossible to gauge before or after the build, but the build of the DC.
You know, like everyone else.
One of my contracts is with a gov adjacent org. I know they’ve got your personal info - the stuff like your DMV recs - kept very safely in a datacenter somewhere. It’s safe, reliable, and has great data connections.
Tear these down and … what? Back to paper in an office somewhere with no backup?