Where Servers Are Stored
Posted by iMautopilot on 05/23/09 in Business
Many businesses across the nation are using dedicated server hosting. This means that they are relying on servers that are located in buildings other than their own. Have you ever stopped to think about where all of those servers are stored?
The answer is that there are servers stored in many different places. However some locations do seem to be more popular than others for server storage. Las Vegas is one city where a whole lot of server storage buildings are located. There are also some locations that seem to be popular among specific types of these buildings. For example, Atlanta colocation hosting seems really popular.
The main thing that is of importance to people who are setting up these buildings is that they are located in a place where it’s easy to get large chunks of real estate. The buildings that hold these servers are huge so you aren’t going to find them in dense urban areas where real estate is tight. It’s also important that the real estate is affordable. Places where utilities are affordable are also good since these buildings have to be kept cool and operating. These requirements limit the possible locations of server storage a little bit but not as much as one might think.
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Alex | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
This all makes me think of the last Die Hard movie when they have all the country’s information in server farms with cooling towers. Some day I want my business to command that kind of hardware power!
Delaney | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
I wonder why Las Vegas. I mean, I know that it definitely has a lot of electricity going on, which helps, and also a lot of space, but I wonder if there’s a more specific reason that is behind the specific location! Very interesting, thanks!
Eric VanDerr | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
Why wouldn’t people just put them in basements and sell out the upper properties to finance it? It seems like buying huge warehouses for this purpose is expensive and potentially wasteful. Would the potential for basements to get damp be a huge risk factor?
Eric VanDerr | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
I’m surprised they’re not just buying up half of Montana! Why wouldn’t they just go somewhere that’s fairly barren and has a low state minimum wage so that they can pay a flunky to double check security? It doesn’t seem to make sense that they would build near cities.
Amanda | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
I’m surprised they’re not just buying up half of Montana! Why wouldn’t they just go somewhere that’s fairly barren and has a low state minimum wage so that they can pay a flunky to double check security? It doesn’t seem to make sense that they would build near cities.
Mike Walsh | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
Is there any reason they’re gravitating to urban areas at all? Both Atlanta and Las Vegas seem odd choices because I don’t think the real estate market is that low brow or cheap. I never really thought about where they hosted the servers themselves before though; I mostly think of them as floating around on the internet!