Rather than using the traditional materials of steel and concrete for the entire build, Microsoft is using cross-laminated timber (CLT) for a new data center in Northern Virginia. The experiment is part of the company’s drive to become carbon negative by 2030 and offset all its emissions since its founding (in 1975) by 2050.
But they should be secure from attack. We are talking about a data center housing lots of important data.
I’m sure MS has figured that part out but I wonder how.