| ▲ | throwaway2037 12 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
As I understand, data centers from hyperscalers (Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Oracle, IBM, Alibaba, etc.) don't create many long-term jobs. Mostly they create short term jobs in the construction industry. Data centers from non-hyperscalers, like Equinix, probably create more long-term jobs because companies rent space, then need (near constant) changes to their hardware that requires "remote hands". I think hyperscalers mostly install monolithic hardware that requires almost no regular changes, except for break-fix. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | yanslookup 12 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Having worked in a hyper scaler on a system to orchestrate hw breakfix, it requires a lot of hands. We replaced thousands of hard drives alone per day... And racks are constantly coming and going. Hyperscaler DCs are busy places. | |||||||||||||||||
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