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We've done well on that front in Ohio already https://thewilds.columbuszoo.org/
Amazon acquires 400 acres near new Intel development in Ohio
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Re: Amazon acquires 400 acres near new Intel development in Ohio
#22Probably just another data center. But instead I’ll take a leap and predict: This is Amazon moving into not just designing Graviton but also vertically integrating silicon fabrication (for CPU, memory, and/or storage) into their portfolio.
Fabrication is a red line. Apple-style chip design is as far as it will ever go.
You'd need to take the combined capital of Apple, Microsoft and Amazon, along with 2-3 decades of time to even begin considering becoming competitive with the likes of TSM or Samsung. Who is signing up for that risk profile?
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#23This is what the layoff money was used for
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#24Is Ohio becoming tech heartland?
I'm not sure if you've ever been to Ohio, but no.
Re: Amazon acquires 400 acres near new Intel development in Ohio
#25It's not obvious to me why it would be very beneficial to have a data center close to an Intel plant, but it sounds a bit like it might not be a coincidence that they're close together. If someone knows why this pairing makes sense, care to explain? (The closest thing I can think of is low delivery costs on electronics, but that seems really tiny compared to basically anything else that matters here, and it's not lik…
Power availability?
Re: Amazon acquires 400 acres near new Intel development in Ohio
#26It's not obvious to me why it would be very beneficial to have a data center close to an Intel plant, but it sounds a bit like it might not be a coincidence that they're close together. If someone knows why this pairing makes sense, care to explain? (The closest thing I can think of is low delivery costs on electronics, but that seems really tiny compared to basically anything else that matters here, and it's not lik…
I could easily imagine some of those spammy, idiotic and successful youtubers going on and on about how this will enable AWS to much more efficently ship those ~100 gram Intel CPUs from where they are manufactured to where they will be used and thereby gain a decisive competitive advantage.
Re: Amazon acquires 400 acres near new Intel development in Ohio
#27It's not obvious to me why it would be very beneficial to have a data center close to an Intel plant, but it sounds a bit like it might not be a coincidence that they're close together. If someone knows why this pairing makes sense, care to explain? (The closest thing I can think of is low delivery costs on electronics, but that seems really tiny compared to basically anything else that matters here, and it's not lik…
Probably more about utilities/logistics of supporting both plants.
To wit: One way you can find Amazon (or other) datacenters on Google maps is to look for the substation next door.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for sharing the non-paywalled article!
Thanks for saying this, as it made me pay attention - and so I must now ask in surprise: when did we lose the automatic "web"/"archive" links in HN submissions?
"Ask HN: Why did HN get rid of the “web” button?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34468746
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400 acres represents 0.01% of Ohio's land area. This doesn't really change the state's land use profile.
Re: Amazon acquires 400 acres near new Intel development in Ohio
#30It's not obvious to me why it would be very beneficial to have a data center close to an Intel plant, but it sounds a bit like it might not be a coincidence that they're close together. If someone knows why this pairing makes sense, care to explain? (The closest thing I can think of is low delivery costs on electronics, but that seems really tiny compared to basically anything else that matters here, and it's not lik…
A rising tide lifts all boats. If there is a big tech partner in that particular region, there will be better supporting infra as well (employee base, friendly local municipalities, fiber internet, power infrastructure, etc)
plus they can yeet the xeon's over the highway via a pneumatic tube system