Datacenter Locations Driven by 19th Century Politics
This was such an interesting article!<p>The only nitpick item I'd mention: isn't kind of crappy that the U.S. gov. gave the Union Pacific railroad pretty much a monopoly of that 200-foot right of way piece of land?  I mean, i could understand if the railroad used it for their own uses, which from a functional perspective, i understand and agree...But for this railroad to turn around and authorize others - and I'm sure they charge everyone for this! - to then use that land, just seems sort of unfair.  I understand that it's "convenient" for other entities to only work with that single entity; but that still seems a monopoly to me.  So, forevermore, the Union Pacific railroad will get money for use of this land, that they were given so many years ago; well, that sucks.