[notacoward]

A while back I was hearing about large department stores, especially Sears/Primark, considering conversion to data centers. They're everywhere, so not hard to find one in a desired location, and they usually have good access to relevant kinds of infrastructure (especially power). And sellers who are desperate to wring some money out of them before they literally fall apart. Conversion wouldn't be free, of course, but it seemed like a way to get a new DC for far less than it would cost to build its equivalent from scratch. Haven't heard about the idea for a while now, though. Not sure why.

[telotortium]

The cloud happened, probably. The big cloud vendors have DCs in rural areas that have access to even cheaper power and unlimited land. I could see some colocations there, perhaps.