[21echoes]

Of course! The point was to put the number next to a number known by the typical HN reader, not to imply the businesses were at all similar.

> Most universities get by with a dozen clustered on campus serving administrative, educational and research objectives

... A dozen what?

[narsil]

> > Most universities get by with a dozen clustered on campus serving administrative, educational and research objectives > > ... A dozen what?

Looks like GP meant "a dozen data-centers", to compare the costs.

[21echoes]

I figured that, but I wanted to give the chance at clarification, because we were mainly discussing operational expenses, and there's no way data centers even clears 1% of the cost of running Harvard