[mc32]

Yet, when they need distribution centers --where do they go for real-estate? Where do AMZN, GOOG, MSFT, etc., go for their DCs? That's right, not in downtown.

[selectiveshift]

Of course they don't put them downtown. The logistics would be a nightmare (especially for distribution centers).

[mc32]

You're right. My point is a lot of innovation goes into data centers (as well as distribution centers) and necessarily it's not downtown.

[user5994461]

There was another topic on HN talking about these datacenters.

Less than 50 people work in a typical datacenters. All the R&D to make the datacenter is done outside of it, in R&D centers.

[dgemm]

To be fair, the discussion is about corporate offices and not DCs. Amazon may build DCs out of town for servers but they build skyscrapers downtown for people.