[Cialug] New datacenter in WDM

[Derek Etnyre]

"Alluvion" sounded kinda "Minecraft-ish" to me.  Was hoping it would be Mojang's data center for "Minecraft Realms".  They are probably way too small for something like this...

Derek

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> On Mar 24, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Tim Champion <timchampion at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From the DM Register article:
> "The word alluvion refers to a gradual increase of land through the
> displacement of sediment or soil, typically carried by water in a flood,
> river or ocean."
> 
> I will put my bet on an Microsoft expanding their building in WDM. Last
> time there was a "new" data center announcement in WDM, it was just an
> expansion to Microsoft. They're milking each expansion as if it were a new
> project.
> 
> Tim Champion
> timchampion at gmail.com
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Also, the NSA recently built that huge DC in Salt Lake City which was not
>> really a secret. I'd say that if they were building a DC here it would be
>> about the same situation.
>> 
>> That said, I did see some stats recently about how central Iowa is a great
>> place to recruit people for high security clearance jobs.
>> --
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>>> On Mar 22, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Mar 21, 2014 6:08 PM, "Nicolai" <nicolai-cialug at chocolatine.org>
>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> There'll be another new DC in the area according to this article
>>>> 
>>>> NSA. Or Yahoo or Google or Twitter, which is the same thing.
>>> 
>>> My guess is Amazon.
>>> 
>>> Google already has a DC in Council Bluffs so I can't see them putting
>>> anything as close as WDM.
>>> 
>>> NSA is just too easy, and given the fact that they are a government
>>> agency and wouldn't be subject to taxes anyway and wouldn't need tax
>>> breaks from the city.  At least if the facility was overtly owned by
>>> the NSA.  If it was a covert facility I can't see them wanting
>>> publicity like this.
>>> 
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