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ex-aws-dude 66 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Distributed data centers in our basements

100 computers in 100 homes is way harder to maintain than 100 computers in one place

HackerThemAll 66 days ago [–]

100 computers in 100 homes are way harder to find and get destroyed, unlike dropping one bomb on an AWS region. Also it's much easier to get rebuilt and running again than $1-5 bn data center.

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