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Re:Dropbox taking entire building in Mission Bay – biggest l... by jmcgough on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @05:59PM (#15453889)
There's certainly cheaper places to house servers. They were probably a big cramped already, and expecting to need that space as they hire more (they aren't limited to their current job listings).
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Re:Dropbox taking entire building in Mission Bay – biggest l... by handedness on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @06:04PM (#15453926)
Not to say that's Dropbox's reason, but in my experience many, many large companies host servers in places that are far from being the most cost-effective option.
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Re:Dropbox taking entire building in Mission Bay – biggest l... by jdavis703 on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @06:11PM (#15453972)
Bloomberg used to have (maybe they still have it) a data center at 525 Market Street, a skyscraper in the heart of the Financial District. Sometimes cost effectiveness isn't the sole option companies use, maybe it made sense for Bloomberg to have servers close to their customers.
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Re:Dropbox taking entire building in Mission Bay – biggest l... by solatic on Thursday October 12, 2017 @06:48AM (#15457019)
The financial sector isn't the best counter-example. Every little bit of latency matters in HFT, so there's probably a competitive advantage to running servers there compared with the countryside.
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