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Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by kakarot on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:21PM (#15535548)
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Facebook recently opened a datacenter in Fort Worth. [0]

I heard something like 100k people are moving into the DFW metroplex a month? I haven't verified that but the real estate market is definitely crushing right now.

It's only a matter of time.

[0] https://code.facebook.com/posts/1014459531921764/facebook-in...

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Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by ghaff on Monday October 23, 2017 @04:21PM (#15536628)
The typical data center has fewer than about 50 people on-site.
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Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by kakarot on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @01:24PM (#15543307)
All I'm saying is that big silicon companies have their eyes on this place. There are a lot of corporate offices out here.
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