In cities across the MidWest, Team Companies is housing secured data of millions of people in non-descriptive buildings. Today in EIT we went on a field trip to the Cedar Falls location. After our 'official government ID's' were scanned into their system ( I always wonder what they plan to do with that information) we were given a tour of the facility. It was pretty to wild to see so much real estate and technology set aside to secure, cool, and monitor data.
Apparently, the Midwest is an optimal site for data storage due to the lack of rolling blackouts, seismic activity, hurricanes, terrorist threats, and flood zones. Statistically, the only catastrophic natural disaster that could affect the region would be tornado and the facility seemed well equipped should the need arise.
I gotta say it makes me wonder, if this is our solution in the U.S. How is data being managed from a global perspective?
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