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Originally Posted by moorhosj1
Calling this a data farm is like calling Argonne a data farm. Part of the requirement is to house large amounts of data, but the value is in the output of the computer itself. The computer requires many highly-skilled experts to manage, operate, and maintain. Data farms don't run like that.
This is why IBM and another unnamed company have confirmed that are looking to locate a facility close to this one. That doesn't really happen with data farms that I've seen.
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Yeah, I shouldn't have labeled this a data farm......
This effort definitely goes beyond building a computer, and my hope is there can be enough inertia with the various activities to spur startups, etc. Time will tell on that though.
Either way, it's a great win for the South Side if they end up going with the Chicago Southside location.
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