[nylug-talk] Google (oops, sorry about the previous post)

[Ron Guerin]

George Bourozikas wrote:
> http://tinyurl.com/elq9j
> 
> A datacenter in NYC?  How exactly do 300,000 sq. ft. compare to the 
> above?

It's fun to speculate, but at the end of the day, that's all we really
have.  Google is famously secretive even internally, so I don't think
we've got anything to work with here.  We do know Google has decided to
become a physical presence here.  We do know that their primary interest
in doing so is apparently to access our people without dragging them
back to Mountain View.  Based on the amount of space involved, I'd say
they're going to be doing a lot of hiring.  To me, that's much better
than putting in a datacenter, which employs a lot more hardware than
humans.  But keep in mind, if a year from now, Google then decides they
need a datacenter here, then a datacenter here there shall be.  A
datacenter is a problem solved by money, and Google has plenty of it.

- Ron