[dingo_bat]

Do data centers ever rely on RF for connectivity?

[steckerbrett]

No, but it's a harder proposition to have fibre runs to a server which is in the ocean. You can throw a normal server somewhere silly and connect to it wirelessly, this is just the one remarkable exception.

[toast0]

What if you hook up to some of the undersea fiber that's already there? (I still think this is a bad idea)

[steckerbrett]

I don't think that's possible, it would be sheathed in extremely thick steel and not something you can just splice onto.

[haimez]

The NSA disagrees.