Good analysis, thank you for writing this. Depreciation is a real expense for the data centers, not just a paper cost to remove when calculating an adjusted EBITDA number.
What a great perspective! Never gave a second's thought to data centers and how fast they age. But it makes complete sense. From here on out I will forever look at them as big iPhones... will Amazon trade in your old data center for a discount on the new version?
Astute observation. Like how with every Mac hardware advance comes an OS that takes up even more processing power to do things you don't realize it's doing and don't want it to do. I had hoped we learned our lesson with the promise of "big data" a decade ago, but, alas, 'tis not so. More's-Better Law can't be proven, while our transaction-based economy demands we pursue it. And yet our neolithic problems persist no matter how much data we throw at them.
Good analysis, thank you for writing this. Depreciation is a real expense for the data centers, not just a paper cost to remove when calculating an adjusted EBITDA number.
What a great perspective! Never gave a second's thought to data centers and how fast they age. But it makes complete sense. From here on out I will forever look at them as big iPhones... will Amazon trade in your old data center for a discount on the new version?
Outstanding.
I can remember videotaping parties where groups would get together to share movie rental tapes in mass copy-a-thons over weekends.
What is that?
Very insightful, thanks for sharing Phil.
Astute observation. Like how with every Mac hardware advance comes an OS that takes up even more processing power to do things you don't realize it's doing and don't want it to do. I had hoped we learned our lesson with the promise of "big data" a decade ago, but, alas, 'tis not so. More's-Better Law can't be proven, while our transaction-based economy demands we pursue it. And yet our neolithic problems persist no matter how much data we throw at them.
Wow. Love this