Utah Data Center

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Post by corrupt_measure » Fri, May 29, 2020, 3:21 PM UTC

Re: Utah Data Center

#2

Post by Der_Einzige » Fri, May 29, 2020, 5:35 PM UTC

I wonder about how much of my information is contained here. Maybe I can ask them for my info if I lose it and use them as a free backup service? /Sarcasm

Re: Utah Data Center

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Post by Trasmatta » Fri, May 29, 2020, 5:40 PM UTC

I live in Utah. A common joke working at tech companies is that we don't need backups, because we can just hop over to the NSA Data Center and have them throw it all onto a hard drive for us.

Re: Utah Data Center

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Post by AndrewBissell » Fri, May 29, 2020, 5:40 PM UTC

Never ceases to amaze me how this was normalized and accepted. The general public instantly flipped from "that's just a conspiracy theory," to "yeah, they collect everything, but I've got nothing to hide!" and "oh well, what can you do about it?"

Re: Utah Data Center

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Post by ngngngng » Fri, May 29, 2020, 5:46 PM UTC

Another Utahn here. Fascinating that they codenamed it "bumblehive". The Utah territory was named "Deseret" when the Mormon settlers arrived. Deseret is believed to mean Honeybee in an ancient language and was chosen to represent industriousness.

Re: Utah Data Center

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Post by supernova87a » Fri, May 29, 2020, 5:48 PM UTC

This odd thread sparks my memory on another story about data centers that I came across -- how railroad history determines where data centers tend to be located in the US:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/how-r...

I wonder if this US Govt data center ties into / depends on the Union Pacific trunk(?) fiber lines?

Re: Utah Data Center

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Post by parliament32 » Fri, May 29, 2020, 5:51 PM UTC

AndrewBissell wrote: post #4

Never ceases to amaze me how this was normalized and accepted. The general public instantly flipped from "that's just a conspiracy theory," to "yeah, they collect everything, but I've got nothing to hide!" and "oh well, what can you do about it?"

Eventually you realize the general public opinion is almost always the path of least resistance. Whatever explanation/justification takes the least amount of effort is what they'll go with.

Re: Utah Data Center

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Post by briefcomment » Fri, May 29, 2020, 5:56 PM UTC

ngngngng wrote: post #5

Another Utahn here. Fascinating that they codenamed it "bumblehive". The Utah territory was named "Deseret" when the Mormon settlers arrived. Deseret is believed to mean Honeybee in an ancient language and was chosen to represent industriousness.

The beehive is also Utah's state emblem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Utah_state_symbols

Re: Utah Data Center

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Post by hossbeast » Fri, May 29, 2020, 5:59 PM UTC

ngngngng wrote: post #5

Another Utahn here. Fascinating that they codenamed it "bumblehive". The Utah territory was named "Deseret" when the Mormon settlers arrived. Deseret is believed to mean Honeybee in an ancient language and was chosen to represent industriousness.

Believed by whom?

Re: Utah Data Center

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Post by conbandit » Fri, May 29, 2020, 6:00 PM UTC

supernova87a wrote: post #6

This odd thread sparks my memory on another story about data centers that I came across -- how railroad history determines where data centers tend to be located in the US: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/how-r... I wonder if this US Govt data center ties into / depends on the Union Pacific trunk(?) fiber lines?

For a broader view on this topic, I recommend "A Prehistory of the Cloud"