Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents pay the price

Re:Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents p... by bluefirebrand on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:45PM (#50474012)

> some highly trained technicians, and that's mostly it, right?

Do they even need the technicians on full time? I feel like those are flown out if something is wrong and otherwise can just monitor remotely?

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Re:Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents p... by limagnolia on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:54PM (#50474134)

A large mega-datacenter, like the ones they appear to be talking about here, do generally have a significant onsite, full time staff.

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Re:Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents p... by toast0 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @04:09PM (#50474310)

All of the data centers I've worked with have had technicians onsite 24/7. There's just a lot of stuff that sometimes needs doing that's easier with someone there.

I'm sure they pull in from outside the area for large jobs like major equipment refreshes or major network changes. But for day to day stuff (and there's always day to day stuff), it's just a couple people. Some days, they're very busy and my lowpri tickets take a long time to get worked, other days my tickets get completed in minutes.

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