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Except now you have to hire a staff to maintain and manage hardware, batteries, generators, buildings, security?

[H8crilA]

Yup, exactly. What's your new R&D spend going to be going forward, now that you have to maintain an edge in so many new areas? It really is a mediocre saving for a company this big.

[us0r]

Or you can just use a regular colo company and not even think about batteries, generators, buildings, security. Hell they'll even rack your gear for you.

[b112]

No. That is factored into the new costs, which with all of those things, plus initial / ongoing hardware buys, saved that $75M.