[loopycode]

Data security?

[patrickg_zill]

Encrypted at rest filesystem, and fiber-backed video recording of everyone who steps inside the fence.

[j1vms]

Lest we forget the warning that was Cloudbleed [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudbleed

[yjftsjthsd-h]

It's a data center; why would it have different security properties than any colo facility?

[lotyrin]

Because you're stepping down on the spectrum of "vault with a mantrap, several factors of authentication and 24/7 posted security" down toward "fence and a padlock"?

[patrickg_zill]

How many datacenters have you been in?

[karambahh]

I do agree they are usually far from "Mission:Impossible" style security that OP seems to have in mind.

To be fair to OP, average regional DCs have better security than cell towers.

[lotyrin]

How many examples of the extreme ends of a spectrum have you heard? Of course not everyone is Iron Mountain.

[Spooky23]

It’s a prefab shed with a broadcast tower and an 8-12ft fence and a commercial grade door. Not a meaningful challenge to access. There are exceptions — a few AT&T long lines facilities are towers now, but that is truly an exception.