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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and VA by Godel_unicode on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @02:30AM (#18389076)
They (data centers) are not in Nova because the government is there, but rather because it has the lowest insurance costs in the Continental US.
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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and VA by flavor8 on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @05:17AM (#18389740)
Is that the major factor? I'd thought it was more:

* Proximity to low latency backbone connections (originally located there due to government agencies)

* Tax incentives by VA

* Low risk area for disasters

* Cheap power

* Available land

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