Like, would a skyscraper-style datacenter be practical? Or is just a matter of big, flat buildings being cheaper?

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    I’ve deployed substantial quantities of gear in 9 datacenters across 4 countries in my career. I’ve gotten a panicked call from Bell Canada when they realized our deployment density in an older facility, then had to work with them to provide weights of all of our cabinets. Sure though, all armchair nonsense. What’s your background?

    30 seconds searching will back me up. https://www.digitalrealty.com/resources/articles/what-floor-loading-capacity-do-dlr-data-centers-have

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      I’m just going to repeat myself. Ildeploying a day center isn’t building one. If you’d architected a data center I’d give a fuck about what you’re saying

      Again:

      Slab reinforcement in skyscrapers can literally hold fucking skyscrapers.

      If you want to call this a limit, the limit is the expense. Not the weight. That’s absurd. We’re so far past that.

      This isn’t rocket science. No one cares about your profession, that’s an obnoxious childish thing to flex about over the internet and doesn’t give you the credibility you think it does.

      Sincerely: literate.