Two Paths for Data Center Location

Data Center Knowledge (Jul 14 2011)

1. Well, data centers are coming to that fork in the road and they are going to take it too. Data centers are already developing into two distinct branches: data centers that have to be built somewhere, and data centers that can be built anywhere. HUNH??? Many data centers make their location decision based on corporate convenience. Often this is the present location of IT staff, or close to corporate headquarters (the old “show off the corporate jewel” idea), or close to major colo markets (“where our customers are”). These types of data centers will tend to belong to companies who want their data close to where the rest of their business is located. (Read Full Article)

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