alt Hacker NewsBecause the powers that be in Texas will siphon off funding to make things work better to fund their own projects. "Should we winterize our power grid" Nah, it's Texas where it doesn't get that cold for that long. Should we implement a warning system in an area that is historically known for being prone to flash flooding? Nah, it doesn't happen that often and we have other things to spend money on instead.
I wasn't looking for conspiracies and disconnected facts (i.e., flash flood through a rural, summer camp).
Dallas was a T5 datacenter hub before Uri in 2021 and did well during the storm because they were designed to service level guarantees [0].
It's also silly to claim that TXSE's performance is disconnected from serious TX investors.
[0] https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/how-data-cent...