by walrus01 on 10/7/16, 5:48 AM
One of the reasons why the massive OVH datacenter is in its particular location in Quebec is the extremely cheap power from Quebec Hydro. At one time I checked and the large customer rate was 5.6 cents (Canadian!) per kWh. I am curious how much they are going to pay in VA and why they didn't choose to build a datacenter somewhere in OR or WA near the Columbia River hydroelectric systems instead.
by tiffanyh on 10/7/16, 1:08 AM
>> "Virginia successfully competed against North Carolina for the project, which will create 54 new jobs"
How many people typically work at a data center for one of the largest hosting companies in the world?
Because 54 jobs seems kind of low, no?
by mooneater on 10/7/16, 3:24 PM
I would love OVH if they would finally implement automatic recurring credit card billing. Ive been asking them for years.
What a horrible single point of failure that is.
by IgorPartola on 10/7/16, 12:57 AM
So does this make my data with them fall under the category of American companies and is not subject to warrant less searches? Or only their VA data center?
by stonogo on 10/7/16, 2:12 AM
This is the third time OVH has been just about to build a US datacenter in the past five years.
by jpalomaki on 10/7/16, 9:51 AM
I believe reasonably priced dedicated servers (from companies like OVH, Hetzner) will be big thing in future. Cloud based virtual machines are useful for many tasks, but it is also pretty nice to get 256GB/6 core/4TB machine for 140€ per month.
by bhouston on 10/7/16, 1:29 AM
by WhitneyLand on 10/7/16, 3:26 AM
How much has the data center growth curve been dampened by Amz/Msft/Goog offerings?
by burger_moon on 10/7/16, 1:28 AM
> Governor McAuliffe approved a $1.25 million grant from the Commonwealth’s Opportunity Fund to assist Fauquier County with the project. The company will also be eligible to receive sales and use tax exemptions on equipment.
Was this worth 54 (unspecified types) jobs? I guess It's not that bad since it doesn't mention property tax exemption which usually goes along with new developments.
by doh on 10/7/16, 1:29 AM
Great. If they figure out the ordering system, it could be interesting. Last time (3 months ago) to install 200 servers (that they claim to have up in 120sec) would take 9 weeks, even if with our long term commitment.
by jarnix on 10/7/16, 2:56 PM
It may become difficult for OVH (based in France) to survive with Amazon and Azure deploying servers in France, don't you think ?
by koksik202 on 10/8/16, 6:54 AM
Bit too late for this game as AWS is expanding constantly in both Americas