Where to look for a data center- a farm or a city?

Google, Amazon, and Apple all are tech giants. But apart from being this, they also have one more thing common and that is they all have their data center in rural areas. But this is more of an exception than a rule. Most data centers are located in or close to a city. These giants have done this due to the cheaper rate of lands available in rural areas. But these places lack good telecommunications and power infrastructure. Moreover, there are enough facilities to attract right human capital to such places. It’s better to have a data center in a city than a village. Read the complete article here:  http://www.cio.com/article/3036080/data-center/cities-not-cornfields-draw-data-centers.html