RE: Timing!

I have worked at a number of places where the climate is cold, and
surprisingly it doesn't seem to be that much of a savings..  I suppose if
the outside air were of a stable humidity and temperature it would make
sense to use it directly, but pre-conditioning seems to put it closer to
parity for all but the most extreme climates.  Also for some reason it
doesn't seem to work out to re-use the heat from your NOC to warm your
office space.  I haven't looked in to this a lot, but people don't seem to
do it.  Seems like wasted BTU's to me, but I am not a climate control
engineer.

I do agree that so long as you have good power, and ready access to
bandwidth close to the backbone then you have a good start.  I would also
want to be on an established FedEx/UPS/courier route and within a couple
hours of an airport.  

You will need to have a good school and a hospital to keep your workforce
happy.  Manpower trends are making it easier to recruit tech workers for
rural environments, so that isn't so much of an issue as it was last decade.


Then to make sure you are not in a hurricane or flood zone. 

Check and see if the city zoning board is friendly, and you may be set.  In
small towns check for an economic development team, you may be able to get
concessions to open a new business with employment.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Mikael Abrahamsson
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Timing!

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Kevin Kargel wrote:

> Anybody want to come start a server farm?  I bet the city would give 
> you a building dirt cheap ;)

If cooling is a large portion of the cost, wouldn't it make sense to build
datacenters in colder climates next to rivers which are typically quite cold
and can be used for cooling? Would also increase chance of having cheap
hydroelectric power in the neighbourhood as well.

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