In case you hadn’t noticed, data centers aren’t cheap. Not only that, but they also support applications that are extremely important to your company or your customers.
Remember economics class? Unless you majored in the “dismal science,” I suspect that your recollection of what you learned might drop off pretty quickly after the basic concepts of supply and demand.
I was sitting around the Crosby family compound in mid-August when the power went out. Power outages are always disruptive—you never realize how many clocks you own until you have to reset them—but they are particularly distressing when it’s summer in Texas.