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    • ChrisLC
      ChrisL @DustinB3403
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      @DustinB3403 said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

      Can you send us some wiring-porn?

      Cause the wiring in there has to be amazing and I want to drool for a while.

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      Those are the only shots I have on hand. I'm going to the facility later this month and I'll take some good ones.

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      • ChrisLC
        ChrisL
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        BTW, I'd like to use this space to issue open challenges for Please-Have-Your-Lawyers-Stop-Calling-Us, Jenga at MangoCon.

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        • Minion QueenM
          Minion Queen @ChrisL
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          @ChrisL said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

          BTW, I'd like to use this space to issue open challenges for Please-Have-Your-Lawyers-Stop-Calling-Us, Jenga at MangoCon.

          Posting on behalf of @art_of_shred YOU ARE ON!!!

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          • ChrisLC
            ChrisL @Minion Queen
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            @Minion-Queen said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

            @ChrisL said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

            BTW, I'd like to use this space to issue open challenges for Please-Have-Your-Lawyers-Stop-Calling-Us, Jenga at MangoCon.

            Posting on behalf of @art_of_shred YOU ARE ON!!!

            https://i.imgur.com/hw8l6GH.mp4

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            • Minion QueenM
              Minion Queen @ChrisL
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              @ChrisL said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

              @Minion-Queen said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

              @ChrisL said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

              BTW, I'd like to use this space to issue open challenges for Please-Have-Your-Lawyers-Stop-Calling-Us, Jenga at MangoCon.

              Posting on behalf of @art_of_shred YOU ARE ON!!!

              https://i.imgur.com/hw8l6GH.mp4

              That's amazing.

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              • ChrisLC
                ChrisL @Minion Queen
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                @Minion-Queen said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                @ChrisL said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                @Minion-Queen said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                @ChrisL said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                BTW, I'd like to use this space to issue open challenges for Please-Have-Your-Lawyers-Stop-Calling-Us, Jenga at MangoCon.

                Posting on behalf of @art_of_shred YOU ARE ON!!!

                https://i.imgur.com/hw8l6GH.mp4

                That's amazing.

                That's what's in store for MC.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  What about facility to facility connections? Say you want to build a network that is geographically disparate. What kinds of site to site connection options do you offer? Do you just use VPN between sites? This is between different Colo America facilities, I mean.

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                  • ChrisLC
                    ChrisL @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                    What about facility to facility connections? Say you want to build a network that is geographically disparate. What kinds of site to site connection options do you offer? Do you just use VPN between sites? This is between different Colo America facilities, I mean.

                    Yep--it's just VPN between the facilities.

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                    • ChrisLC
                      ChrisL
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                      We've begun offering direct connections to the more popular public cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google) in most of our facilities.

                      The deadline for our STEM Grant passed the other day and we had OVER 300 APPLICANTS! The first year we offered it, we had 50 applicants, and we're so amazed at the growth of this initiative--thank you to anyone who shared it! We had Ivy League schools like Harvard, Stanford, UPenn apply, plus the US Tennis Academy, various Boys & Girl's Clubs, and even the Tiger Woods Foundation!

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                      • ChrisLC
                        ChrisL
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                        We always welcome everyone to check us out on social media too! We're @colocationusa on Twitter and Instagram, and Colocation America on FB and LinkedIn. Either way, you'll find us.

                        ...OR WE'LL FIND YOU.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @ChrisL
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                          @ChrisL said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                          We've begun offering direct connections to the more popular public cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google) in most of our facilities.

                          The deadline for our STEM Grant passed the other day and we had OVER 300 APPLICANTS! The first year we offered it, we had 50 applicants, and we're so amazed at the growth of this initiative--thank you to anyone who shared it! We had Ivy League schools like Harvard, Stanford, UPenn apply, plus the US Tennis Academy, various Boys & Girl's Clubs, and even the Tiger Woods Foundation!

                          Very cool.

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                          • Minion QueenM
                            Minion Queen @ChrisL
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                            @ChrisL said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                            We've begun offering direct connections to the more popular public cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google) in most of our facilities.

                            The deadline for our STEM Grant passed the other day and we had OVER 300 APPLICANTS! The first year we offered it, we had 50 applicants, and we're so amazed at the growth of this initiative--thank you to anyone who shared it! We had Ivy League schools like Harvard, Stanford, UPenn apply, plus the US Tennis Academy, various Boys & Girl's Clubs, and even the Tiger Woods Foundation!

                            That's amazing that it increased so much this year!

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                            • ChrisLC
                              ChrisL @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                              @ChrisL said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                              We've begun offering direct connections to the more popular public cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google) in most of our facilities.

                              The deadline for our STEM Grant passed the other day and we had OVER 300 APPLICANTS! The first year we offered it, we had 50 applicants, and we're so amazed at the growth of this initiative--thank you to anyone who shared it! We had Ivy League schools like Harvard, Stanford, UPenn apply, plus the US Tennis Academy, various Boys & Girl's Clubs, and even the Tiger Woods Foundation!

                              Very cool.

                              An applicant for the STEM Grant takes elementary school kids to an indoor skydiving facility, let's them do participate, and then teaches them the physics behind everything.

                              Seeing all of these programs and what they offer is amazing. I'm so jealous that all I got to do was dissect a frog.

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                              • ChrisLC
                                ChrisL @Minion Queen
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                                @Minion-Queen said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                                @ChrisL said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                                We've begun offering direct connections to the more popular public cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google) in most of our facilities.

                                The deadline for our STEM Grant passed the other day and we had OVER 300 APPLICANTS! The first year we offered it, we had 50 applicants, and we're so amazed at the growth of this initiative--thank you to anyone who shared it! We had Ivy League schools like Harvard, Stanford, UPenn apply, plus the US Tennis Academy, various Boys & Girl's Clubs, and even the Tiger Woods Foundation!

                                That's amazing that it increased so much this year!

                                It really is, but all that credit goes to @SamieWalters who has been busting her ass on this. I feel for her having to read all those grants, but it's a great problem to have 🙂

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                                • ChrisLC
                                  ChrisL
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                                  I'd like to acknowledge the "Anything" part of the AMA.

                                  Ask me literally any questions about anything, even if it isn't related to colo or data centers, and I'll do my best to answer it.

                                  I'd rather fight 100 duck-sized horses than 1 horse-sized duck, for instance.

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                                  • Minion QueenM
                                    Minion Queen
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                                    Favorite part of MangoCon 2016?

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                                    • RojoLocoR
                                      RojoLoco
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                                      @ChrisL How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood, assuming that the wood is locally sourced and sustainably harvested in a cruelty free manner?

                                      (apparently Opera browser thinks "sustainably" is not a word...)

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                                      • ChrisLC
                                        ChrisL @Minion Queen
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                                        @Minion-Queen said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                                        Favorite part of MangoCon 2016?

                                        Meeting everyone and getting to put faces to handles.

                                        Least favorite part: being abruptly woken up at 3 a.m. with a camera in my face and a room full of people.

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                                        • ChrisLC
                                          ChrisL @RojoLoco
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                                          @RojoLoco said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                                          @ChrisL How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood, assuming that the wood is locally sourced and sustainably harvested in a cruelty free manner?

                                          (apparently Opera browser thinks "sustainably" is not a word...)

                                          Depends on the amount of wood in the environment and whether sourcing said wood would affect local indigenous fawna and their habitats. But definitely enough to build a dam.

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                                          • Minion QueenM
                                            Minion Queen @ChrisL
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                                            @ChrisL said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                                            @Minion-Queen said in Colocation America- Ask Me Anything:

                                            Favorite part of MangoCon 2016?

                                            Meeting everyone and getting to put faces to handles.

                                            Least favorite part: being abruptly woken up at 3 a.m. with a camera in my face and a room full of people.

                                            HA HAHA I forgot about that part 😛

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