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> moving to Texas to do this.

Why Texas? Are there lots of data centres there? If so, is that an energy cost thing, because it seems a place with greater cooling requirements?

[ocdtrekkie → lostlogin]

Texas has been big with datacenters for a long time. Apparently some tax exemptions may be involved, as well as good access to a lot of power.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/news/2015/07/10/data-centers...

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>> Are there lots of data centres there?

Lots of DCs and general IT work available there. Austin is a burgeoning tech city.

[recycledmatt → lostlogin]

Great tax environment for running a reseller.