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Re:Leaving the Cloud by pclmulqdq on Saturday October 22, 2022 @06:27PM (#33302770)
Wardley seems to have a narrow perspective on things, then. Lots of large companies build their own roads and power plants. Hell, I put solar panels on my roof.

In fact, there are very few companies over a certain size that haven't built a road. This kind of overhead is generally expected once you have scale, because the alternatives are far more expensive. Datacenters are similar.

Re:Leaving the Cloud by k__ on Saturday October 22, 2022 @06:31PM (#33302809)
How much of all companies build their own roads?
Re:Leaving the Cloud by pclmulqdq on Saturday October 22, 2022 @08:46PM (#33303518)
Pretty much every company that builds an office building builds a road or two.
Re:Leaving the Cloud by k__ on Sunday October 23, 2022 @08:09AM (#33306326)
That is true, but only a tiiiiny fraction of all companies build office buildings.

If you're one of them, go get your datacenter.

Re:Leaving the Cloud by pclmulqdq on Sunday October 23, 2022 @11:53AM (#33307865)
Just to extend that analogy: real estate and construction companies tend to build a lot more roads than other companies. Even small construction companies have built a decently long road on some project, and the smallest have built a long driveway. Specialist road building companies that build a ton of roads exist, but all construction companies can build a good road.

By the same analogy, tech companies should not run from building server racks and/or datacenters. It may not be your company's core competency, but it should be one of your competencies to understand how to run a computer. It really doesn't take that much work to run 10 computers.