Title: Discussion Board - A Different Type of Location
Course: 2016FA-MCO-110-401 > Section: Module 8: IT Infrastructure

Earlier in the module, we discussed IT infrastructure locations for specific buildings. However, there is another type of location that can have an impact on IT infrastructure.

Read the article: The Where and Why of Choosing a Data Center Location This article from Expedient, an IT consultancy firm, explains the things to look for when deciding where you should put your data center.

For your discussion board, we're going to take this concept to a smaller scale and localize it. Imagine a data center near you. If you live near Cleveland Community College, think about the data center park in Kings Mountain or the Facebook data center in Forest City. If you live away from the Cleveland County area, pick a data center near you. Using what you've learned from the article, earlier in this module, and outside research (but without looking at any official documentation) tell us about why you think the organization chose to pick that location to put their infrastructure. Consider the things mentioned in the Everest Group article, but there are also many other reasons for locating a data center in a certain place. Make sure to comment on at least one of your classmates posts regarding what you think about their reasoning. Do you agree or disagree? Is there anything they left out?

Objectives met:
- C8
- 8.11
- 8.12