Remember this guy was sworn in 5/26/2020 when Trump only had 8 months left in his first term.
Why did he sign up for a job for only a few months?
I seem to remember everyone here saying he was part of the plan, and now he's going to be the C_A director??
Oh boy oh boy oh boy!
I'm just amazed at the man's endurance at this point. He's run 3 presidential campaigns, out-pacing his opponents each time. He's been through court cases, lawsuits, and assassination attempts, only to still be standing, and eager to move forward.
The drive he has is supernatural.
From a datacenter PM, this is unheard of.
It takes perfect coordination from so many teams, it's hard to put into perspective, but I'll give a high level.
General categories of teams engaged in this effort.
- upper management from each discipline to approve each facet
- accounting
- finance
- contracting
- legal
- regulatory compliance
- security
- risk management
- cabling (fiber optics, dark fiber, Infiniband)
- network gear (switches/routers)
- network planning
- capacity management
- infrastructure - site prep
- infrastructure - permitting
- infrastructure - power
- infrastructure - backup power (generators, kinetic reserves, battery reserves)
- infrastructure - earthquake mitigation
- infrastructure- fire safety compliance
- infrastructure - floor load review
- infrastructure - security hardware (cameras, armored fiber, door locks, biometrics, etc)
- infrastructure - on site office space
- infrastructure - floor layout
- infrastructure - cooling
- logistics - vendor review/approval
- logistics - schedule of deliveries
- logistics - communication plan
- logistics - storage site prep
- logistics - inventory during install
- logistics - install plan
- logistics - customs
- logistics - heavy equipment (lift HVAC components)
- personnel - rack/stack/cable/label crew
- personnel - on-site electrical engineering team(s)
- personnel - site operations
- personnel - PM cadre
- personnel- on-site networking support
- personnel- on-site hardware support (NVidia)
- personnel - warehouse workers
- personnel- HVAC
- personnel- janitorial
- personnel - food vendors
- personnel- security officers
- personnel- site supervisor(s)
- marketing - customer engagement
- marketing - advertisement and corporate branding
- support - Tier 1
- support - NOC
- support - portal
- support - security
Now, keep in mind that some of these team names represent entire departments, so this list does not cover every stakeholder group.
Also, keep in mind that we haven't even talked about anybody necessary for the actual programming of the software.
All this is just to stand up a new DC.
Ive been doing this for 20 years at Fortune 100 companies, and I have NEVER heard of such a feat. This speaks not only to the skill of all people in each and every department, but to an organizational structure that allows for such rapid work.
To say this is impressive doesnt begin to tell the tale. This is monumental. Shocking.
I'd love to see the finished product.
Makes sense.
I posted this for discussion. Looks like mission success.
I still wonder what the situation on the ground really is.
At this point, I'm not convinced that anything we are fed is straight.
The union boss has a huge mansion, drives a Bentley, and made a video with threats sure to damage collective bargaining in the US.
The timing of this and the switch over to the new uniform transfer interest rate.
The timing of this against the Diddy revelations.
I tend to question everything.
Ehh.. makes sense.
On the other hand, even if the strike has nothing to do with this, it does beg the question; surely longshoremen must have heard of,and some heard (personally), right?
I wonder what the actual situation is.
I'm so ronery!