I think a lot of companies are finding out how expensive the cloud model really is. Things get very expensive very fast when you really get serious.
Mark > On Feb 1, 2022, at 10:23 AM, Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: > > There was an article in the paper this morning talking about how one of the > Chicago suburbs just approved construction of it's 13th datacenter > development. I though the demand for 'private' data center space would be > going down since it seems that most companies are going with cloud services > from major providers. And if a smaller outfit wanted a Rack of equipment, > they'd host it themselves or find someplace local to do it, not some massive > DC building miles from their office. Or do the big providers > (Azure/google/AWS) actually host things in these private DC's instead of > building their own space. > > The previous under construction development in Elk Grove Village is a $1B 4 > building DC facility, but I never saw any big name associated with it. > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com