If so, This will only play into the hands of those setting up data centres in the far north of the northern hemisphere (e.g. Iceland).
If so, This will only play into the hands of those setting up data centres in the far north of the northern hemisphere (e.g. Iceland).
On-premise hardware still needs cooling, and is arguably harder to cool as there are fewer economies of scale on cooling infrastructure. Dedicated "bare-metal" machines are just in regular data centres so no difference to the cloud there.
I think data centre locations will still be chosen on two factors: distance to customers, and cost of energy. It's just that operators will be looking for cheap energy. Iceland is good because they have a lot of geothermal energy, not because it's cold.
"Oh, tanks by that foreign army are rolling into our cities - should we start thinking about a defense system?"
Global warming will affect every aspect not only of your business, but also of your life, maybe a little bit later when you are rich and can afford to live in a self-created bubble, but it will.
Yes, you should think about it. Hard. Now.