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So you want to build your own data center

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596 points dban | 5 comments | 17 Jan 25 20:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.839s | source
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jonatron ◴[17 Jan 25 22:24 UTC] No.42743915[source]▶
Why would you call colocation "building your own data center"? You could call it "colocation" or "renting space in a data center". What are you building? You're racking. Can you say what you mean?
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1. ThatGuyRaion ◴[18 Jan 25 01:49 UTC] No.42745071[source]▶
Not saying I don't agree with you but most tech businesses that have their own "Data center" usually have a private cage in a Colo.
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2. cortesoft ◴[18 Jan 25 02:06 UTC] No.42745166[source]▶
They usually don’t say they are building their own datacenter, though. It is different to say something like, “our website runs in our datacenter” than saying you built a datacenter. You would still say, “at our office buildings”, even if you are only renting a few offices in an office park.
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3. bagels ◴[18 Jan 25 07:37 UTC] No.42746616[source]▶
We built an office building would be the analogy.
4. ncruces ◴[18 Jan 25 09:37 UTC] No.42747096[source]▶
When you rent an apartment, you can still invite people to your apartment for drinks. But you don't claim to have built an apartment.
5. fweimer ◴[18 Jan 25 10:05 UTC] No.42747227[source]▶
Don't the hyperscalers outsource datacenter construction and operation? Maybe it's not clear where to draw the line because the datacenters are owned or operated by disposable shell companies for various reasons.