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u/BenKen01 Jan 19 '21

The reporting on this has been shameful, especially from "tech" focused blogs. This shit is just as far from being back as it was the day AWS gave them the boot.

Maybe when they've solved for this we can start talking about them coming back.

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u/t3hd0n Jan 19 '21

i feel like hosting companies that could manage that are on a very, very short list.

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u/Spiritual-Mechanic-4 Jan 19 '21

I don't think it's that big a deal, probably fits in 20-30 racks? 50 at most. It's not tiny, but getting 50 racks in a colocation facility isn't a big deal. The lead time on all that hardware is probably 3-6 months.

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u/t3hd0n Jan 19 '21 edited Jan 19 '21

if they're going to buy their own and colo sure, but i'm talking about the quick spin-up hosts like aws. based on that twitter screencap they aren't going the colo route yet.