Turning back to Heidy, Jack said, "Great suggestion, Heidy. Don't hold back if you have any more ideas. Now, what about phase two? Where are we on datacenters?"
Heidy turned to look at Cindy.
"Since our data centers consume so little power compared to even small cloud data centers, I've had more flexibility when selecting locations. I've identified primary, secondary, and tertiary options for all the regions in the Federation, the Union, and the Asian Alliance. But Serica, Novarossiya, and Sarmatia are problematic."
"I understand why Novarossiya and Sarmatia would be problematic, what with the war and all, but what's the problem with Serica? It's a stable country."
"Corruption," said Cindy bluntly. "It's nearly impossible for outsiders to do business there unless they are willing to grease a lot of palms. The government has cracked down heavily on internal graft, but still turns a blind eye to the fleecing of outsiders."
