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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I wonder if the WP article Paul mentions was blurring together two claims carefully kept in separate paragraphs in the document Brian quotes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The document says that (1) Loudoun country has more data centers than any other country and (2) 70% of worldwide traffic “passes through its internet infrastructure.” Whereas the WP story talks of “a cluster of computer data centers that handles 70 percent of the world’s Internet traffic,” ignoring the vagueness of “internet infrastructure.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Perhaps the traffic is passing through other internet infrastructure concentrated in the area, a legacy of the old MAE East internet exchange, rather than truly being “handled” by the data centers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Even so, 70% seems dubiously high for 2019. There are approaching a billion internet users in China alone, close to a third of the world’s total, and I doubt their traffic is being routed through Virginia. So does Loudoun Country handle 100% of the non-Chinese traffic? Or are some internet users in the DC area, most obviously the NSA, using enough bandwidth to each outweigh hundreds of millions of Chinese smartphone users?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Reminds me of the NY Times article this morning on another dubious but widely repeated statistic: 8 out of 10 women wear the wrong bra size. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/style/lingerie-are-8-out-of-10-women-really-wearing-the-wrong-bra-size-a-bra-myth-busted.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/style/lingerie-are-8-out-of-10-women-really-wearing-the-wrong-bra-size-a-bra-myth-busted.html</a> Which they report with the tag “myth busted.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Berg<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 15, 2019 5:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> SIGCIS Listserver <members@sigcis.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Ceruzzi, Paul <CeruzziP@si.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Internet traffic in northern Virginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I conferred with Jen Snow <<a href="mailto:jensnow47@gmail.com" target="_blank">jensnow47@gmail.com</a>> of <a href="https://www.sofwerx.org/" target="_blank">SOFWERX</a> on this question. She confirmed this number, and even said that it is growing. She pointed me to this site:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <a href="https://biz.loudoun.gov/key-business-sectors/data-centers/">https://biz.loudoun.gov/key-business-sectors/data-centers/</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>for a little perspective on this:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#221E1F'>Loudoun County’s “Data Center Alley” is the world’s largest concentration of data centers, with nearly 13.5 million square feet currently in operation and another 4.5 million square feet being planned or developed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#221E1F'>More than 70 percent of the world’s internet traffic passes through Loudoun’s digital infrastructure, making us a key player in the world’s technology economy. Read more about data centers’ impact in the <a href="http://www.nvtc.org/documents/advocacy/NVTC__DataCenter_Report_011316_final_lowres.pdf"><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4379BD;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Data Center Study</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>_________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Brian A. Berg / <a href="mailto:bberg@StanfordAlumni.org" target="_blank">bberg@StanfordAlumni.org</a><br>Berg Software Design<br>14500 Big Basin Way, Suite F, Saratoga, CA 95070 USA<br>Voice: 408.741.5010 / Cell: 408.568.2505<br><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Consulting: Flash Memory/USB/Storage/Patents</span><br>visit the Storage Cornucopia: <a href="http://www.bswd.com" target="_blank">www.bswd.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>FMS Technical Chair: <a href="http://www.FlashMemorySummit.com" target="_blank">www.FlashMemorySummit.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:List_of_IEEE_Milestones" target="_blank">IEEE Milestone</a> Coordinator and History Chair for </span><a href="http://www.ieee-region6.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Region 6</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>IEEE <a href="http://www.ieee.org/scv/" target="_blank">SCV Section</a> Past Chair / <a href="http://www.CaliforniaConsultants.org" target="_blank">IEEE-CNSV</a> Board Director<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>IEEE </span><a href="http://www.SiliconValleyHistory.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Silicon Valley Tech History Committee</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Chair</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=200 height=76 style='width:2.0833in;height:.7916in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BziWcipiMNJkZV9CdXg2YjJhQUk&export=download"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 10:19 AM James Cortada <<a href="mailto:jcortada@umn.edu" target="_blank">jcortada@umn.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I don't believe the number; I have seen too many really big data centers to assure you Loudon County doesn't have enough lang mass unless they are hiding servers under the streets. Jim<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 9:38 AM Ceruzzi, Paul <<a href="mailto:CeruzziP@si.edu" target="_blank">CeruzziP@si.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>An article in yesterday’s Washington Post (by Antonio Olivo, Metro Section, Oct. 13, 2019), is about the changing racial and ethnic demographics of Loudoun County, Virginia, once a sleepy southern farming area, little changed for a century. It is now a diverse, IT- and Defense-oriented exurb of DC. The article mentions in passing that “70% of the world’s Internet Traffic passes through” Loudoun County data centers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/in-fast-growing-va-suburb-state-and-national-issues-echo-in-local-election/2019/10/11/54b6f3e0-e9d2-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/in-fast-growing-va-suburb-state-and-national-issues-echo-in-local-election/2019/10/11/54b6f3e0-e9d2-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Is this possible? On what sources did the reporter base that information? I’ve driven by the “cloud servers” in Ashburn, Virginia, and they are impressive. But still?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Paul Ceruzzi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Curator Emeritus, Department of Space History<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>National Air and Space Museum<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Smithsonian Institution<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Washington, DC 20013-7012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>202-633-2414<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>This email is relayed from members at <a href="http://sigcis.org" target="_blank">sigcis.org</a>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. 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