Comments on: Apple plans $1 billion ’server farm’ – Why Not in Houston? http://www.startuphouston.com/2009/05/27/apple-plans-1-billion-server-farm-scitechblog-cnncom-blogs/ Let's Get Started! Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:33:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: sal http://www.startuphouston.com/2009/05/27/apple-plans-1-billion-server-farm-scitechblog-cnncom-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-22782 sal Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:27:59 +0000 http://www.startuphouston.com/2009/05/27/apple-plans-1-billion-server-farm-scitechblog-cnncom-blogs/#comment-22782 why not houston? because if theres a major hurricane you can say good by to houston. same goes for north carolina and anywhere in california -earthquakes- or near yosemite. but then again if that blows half the world is gona get iced... so yea, gotta hit up like kansas or nevada, west virginia why not houston? because if theres a major hurricane you can say good by to houston. same goes for north carolina and anywhere in california -earthquakes- or near yosemite. but then again if that blows half the world is gona get iced…
so yea, gotta hit up like kansas or nevada, west virginia

]]> By: Business Web Design http://www.startuphouston.com/2009/05/27/apple-plans-1-billion-server-farm-scitechblog-cnncom-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-22344 Business Web Design Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:57:56 +0000 http://www.startuphouston.com/2009/05/27/apple-plans-1-billion-server-farm-scitechblog-cnncom-blogs/#comment-22344 Hydro power is the way to go. I cant wait ti the air is a little cleaner and we can all breathe easier Hydro power is the way to go. I cant wait ti the air is a little cleaner and we can all breathe easier

]]> By: Tory http://www.startuphouston.com/2009/05/27/apple-plans-1-billion-server-farm-scitechblog-cnncom-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-22049 Tory Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:10:31 +0000 http://www.startuphouston.com/2009/05/27/apple-plans-1-billion-server-farm-scitechblog-cnncom-blogs/#comment-22049 As much of a Houston-booster as I am, we're not the right place for this. Server farms need 3 main things: cheap electricity (usually hydropower, like in WA and OR or even NC), easy to cool the tremendous heat they generate (i.e. a cool climate), and a no-disaster zone (hurricanes = bad). We sorta strike out on all 3 of these. It's not that great a prize anyway: few jobs, and the vast majority of the budget will be for buying hardware - no benefit at all to the local economy. As much of a Houston-booster as I am, we’re not the right place for this. Server farms need 3 main things: cheap electricity (usually hydropower, like in WA and OR or even NC), easy to cool the tremendous heat they generate (i.e. a cool climate), and a no-disaster zone (hurricanes = bad). We sorta strike out on all 3 of these.

It’s not that great a prize anyway: few jobs, and the vast majority of the budget will be for buying hardware – no benefit at all to the local economy.

]]> By: Joe http://www.startuphouston.com/2009/05/27/apple-plans-1-billion-server-farm-scitechblog-cnncom-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-22023 Joe Fri, 29 May 2009 17:41:31 +0000 http://www.startuphouston.com/2009/05/27/apple-plans-1-billion-server-farm-scitechblog-cnncom-blogs/#comment-22023 Why not in Houston? Because if they even got near here they would go to some better place like the Woodlands where the city won't rape them for fines and taxes and fees all the time. Not only that, it's election time amd they're too busy securing their family's future fortunes and cutting each other's throats, as well as running their real estate business and building unemployed people houses with taxpayer money and not fixing roads or providing services like they promised they would and DON'T. Why not in Houston? Because if they even got near here they would go to some better place like the Woodlands where the city won’t rape them for fines and taxes and fees all the time. Not only that, it’s election time amd they’re too busy securing their family’s future fortunes and cutting each other’s throats, as well as running their real estate business and building unemployed people houses with taxpayer money and not fixing roads or providing services like they promised they would and DON’T.

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