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Building data centers in new locations can mean that transit paths between clusters are less capable, increasing the importance of inter-cluster connectivity.
Evan Conrad · The Programmable Data Center — Evan Conrad, SF Compute · 20 Oct 2026
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“Um this means that a lot of stuff is getting put in places that previously they weren't expecting data centres there. And so you may not have um as um excellent of a transit path um from one to the other. So this this starts to matter. Um other examples are um weird sh it where we theoretically support, but don't actually um uh”11:35Report a misattribution
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