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Here is another case dealing with trademarks where the Chinese courts awarded nickels on dimes.
I wonder if this is a change in heart in how much the Chinese courts will be awarding in future cases.
It could be a killer sales point if these servers need no cooling.
If you are doing big numbers... sign up for Paypal in the UK. 1.4% for UK transactions and 1.9% for other currencies/countries. You need to be doing a considerable amount per month but you are basically getting wholesale rates with Paypal processing for nothing extra. Google matches the lowest rate but foreign transactions are 2.4%.
Just be careful for Paypal's conversion fees. They are 2.5%. You can avoid them by adding foreign bank accounts.
Dealing with Paypal is not for everyone. That is why I don't use them anymore. Got a more suitable service with another provider but it is not a service that most people would be able to use.
From what I understand the government is mostly busy improving internal infrastructure and end-user speed.
Chinese generally use China equivalent sites for your major bandwidth usage. So, speeding this stuff up seems to be number 1 priority.
Since, one rack today can be stuffed with 90 servers each up to 20x more powerful than what was around in 2005, I doubt they really require more than 1 well configured rack for a long time. When the time comes to add a second rack they always have the option to place it in another Japanese city, if they don't decide to goto another Asian country instead.
Considering the above, I doubt the savings were worth moving out of Tokyo.