Seems logically similar to the reason why there are landing stations, but no noteworthy datacenters on the Oregon coast. Everything goes in various ring topology paths to Hillsboro/Portland. And routes that go more directly east to meet the fiber huts on long haul routes Portland-Sacramento.
On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 1:51 PM Ethan O'Toole <telmn...@757.org> wrote: > > hey there, > > we've put together a blog post about Virginia beach developments and how > it can reshape some of the ways we > > have been designing our networks. > > https://www.infrapedia.com/post/virginia-beach-a-new-hub-is-born > > Mehmet > > Ex-757'er (757 = Virginia Beach.) > > Dead area tech wise. Bad job prospects led the geeks to flee the area. > Small lights out data centers to support a few undersea cables aren't > going to change that. Those cables landing in VaBeach will have their > traffic hauled to Northern Virginia -- where all the action is. It will > do little to benefit the locals once the build out is done. > > - Ethan O'Toole > > >