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Why data centers want to have their own nuclear reactors (english.elpais.com)
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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Sure, but infrastructure is not just fiber, and there is a lot of stuff in between your long stretches of fiber.

I’m not a sys ops guy, but I can pull from different data centers and see measurable differences

This is a pretty well known phenomenon. That’s why we have cloud data centers located close to major metro areas.