[90042] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: data center space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Hannigan)
Wed Apr 19 21:36:49 2006
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:36:20 -0400
To: Alex Rubenstein <alex@nac.net>
From: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@renesys.com>
Cc: jim bartus <jim.bartus@gmail.com>, Mike Sawicki <fifi@hax.org>,
Philip Lavine <source_route@yahoo.com>, nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.62.0604192011230.5948@vanadium.hq.nac.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
At 08:11 PM 4/19/2006, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
>>On many of the public colo houses earnings calls, they told
>>analysts that they are trying to keep contracts to one year
>>so they can raise prices year over year, that power pricing is
>>fluid and many facilities are being expanded both space and
>>environmental, that most locations really are full or being held
>>down by lack of cooling for existing dense rack space. Basically
>>get ready to hold out your wallet.
>
>Is it that?
>
>Or, is it some of these companies no realising that charging $250
>for a 20 amp outlet is less than their cost, even three years ago?
I don't know, but I was selling only measured power in 2001 and people liked
it. Granted, power was cheaper, but pay as you go was a good model. You still
had to cool to breaker density, but it was nice to have no power risk and I
would recommend that anyone who can, should convert to measured power billing.
Remember when folks thought Exodus was crazy for 220w per square foot?
-M<
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