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What It’s Like to Work in One of America’s Data Centers

▲ 83 points • 74 comments • by JumpCrisscross • 3w ago • HN discussion ↗

Pangram verdict · v3.3

We believe that this entire text is human-written.

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Human
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Article text · 85 words · 1 segments analyzed

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ASHBURN, Va.—Growing up, James Waddy wanted to be a professional athlete. Now he logs 30,000 steps a day roaming the halls of a million-square-foot data center in the Virginia suburbs.The 33-year-old’s rounds include sniffing for burning equipment that could indicate overheating, feeling tubes for cracks and looking for faulty lighting or broken power transformers. Waddy, a lead engineer at the center, oversees dozens of other engineers who do the same and calls himself “The General.”Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8