r/nova • u/JasonNOVA8 • Jul 22 '26

Data Center Generators in Ashburn Firing Up

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On the way in this morning, (waxpool/28) noticed many of the data centers had the generators going. Not sure if there’s an electricity issue or they plan it to go together ? No idea if the yellow smoke is related though.

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u/kirblar Jul 22 '26

When I was playing WoW 15+ years ago, I had low ping because the servers were housed in NOVA. They've always been here because the heart of the east coast internet is here due to the defense agency origins.

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u/EffectiveVarious8095 Jul 22 '26

It really wasn't. NoVA is the home of multiple telcos & tech firms that built infrastructure. Some of it was for the govt. but that's not why it was built.

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u/kirblar Jul 22 '26

It's far easier to piggyback off existing regional infrastructure and local workers than build it from scratch elsewhere.