On yesterday's post someone that used to work at CF mentioned that PDX is "the brain" and if it goes down data stops propagating and starts getting stale. It's crazy to me that a company that is so critical to SO MUCH of the traffic on the internet doesn't even have a failover strategy for "the brain" of their operation.

Not great to know an aspiring hyperscaler is one tornado away from insolvency.

I dont think PDX would get many tornados BUT the PNW has the joys of earthquakes that are overdue.

It's amusing, I have plans on how much service degradation I can accept and what I need to keep working in the UK if the Thames Barrier is breached (which would flood most of the UK's internet connectivity in places like Telehouse, Sovereign House, etc)

To have 30% of the internet relying on a single building in a single city is hilarious.

Especially 15 hours after the DC comes back up and you're still offline.