In the Works – AWS Region in Canada

Re:In the Works – AWS Region in Canada by staticint on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @11:11AM (#10895311)

I imagine it is being primarily driven by the recent vast decline in the Canadian dollar. Just about all of the costs involved are going to be about 30% cheaper compared to a couple of years ago.

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Re:In the Works – AWS Region in Canada by dgemm on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @12:09PM (#10895790)

I doubt long term infrastructure investments are affected much by short term currency fluctuations.

Quebec has cheap hydro power and a cool climate which are probably more important factors.

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Re:In the Works – AWS Region in Canada by acveilleux on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @11:38AM (#10895544)

Not to mention that hydro quebec has some of the lowest electrical rates around and as a crown corporation (owned by provincial gov.), political considerations can bring the cost down substantially.

OVH is also near Montreal, in Beauharnois next to a large (1900 MW) run-of-the-river hydro plant.

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Re:In the Works – AWS Region in Canada by pmalynin on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @11:16AM (#10895351)

Especially energy, and if you host a server in Edmonton (where I live) you could also save money on cooling, it was -27C a few days ago...

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