Over 96 percent of U.S. counties with third-party data centers are metropolitan areas where corporate buyers cluster. AWS, Google and Microsoft take a different approach, siting cloud facilities in fewer low-cost counties sensitive to electricity prices and construction wages. Maps 1,433 facilities across the U.S. from 2018–2019 data.
Where the Cloud Rests: The Economic Geography of Data Centers
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Tommy Pan Fang and Shane Greenstein
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Harvard Business School
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