| ▲ | righthand 6 days ago | |
Louisiana and New Orleans have been pushing to make the city a “tech hub” for the past 10 years (why would you build data centers in a flood-prone basin below sea level? I don’t know). I imagine most of it is striking a sweet heart deal with the municipalities that want the business. | ||
| ▲ | selimthegrim 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
There were several data centers and colos on Poydras St in downtown when Katrina hit. Famously SomethingAwful was being hosted out of one of them whose remaining on site employee live blogged the whole thing on LiveJournal. | ||
| ▲ | the_real_cher 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
This will be built in North Louisiana from what I understand, well above sea level. Hurricanes on the other hand will still be a very real thing. | ||