> is the first in a new generation of data centers being built by Amazon, and part of what the company calls Project Rainier, after the mountain that looms near its Seattle headquarters
Near both the Casadia fault that's produced magnitude 9 earthquakes and a chain of active volcanoes. Both of which are statistically likely. I do wonder what contingency plans Amazon (and Microsoft) have in the event of a megathrust earthquake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_subduction_zone#Forec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rainier#Modern_activity_...