Budget isn't a major concern, the boss simply asks "don't take the piss".

Some things are easy.

- Racks: Rittal
- PDUs: Schleifenbauer
- Routers: Nokia

But that still leaves lots to buy.

- UPS
- Ethernet Switches
- Optics
- cables
- Servers
- Hard disks
- ?

What are the European companies that make these items? Extra bonus points if we can have multiple suppliers for each.

#IT nerds of the fediverse. I'm nerd sniping you. Who makes this lot in Europe?
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Ok. #IT nerds of the fediverse. Let's do a thought experiment. It's Monday morning, the boss comes in. We need to move all out stuff off US clouds onto our own hardware. He's bought us a small data centre (or larger server room). It's empty, just a raised floor, a power panel on the wall, Aircon, and two MAN generators outside. He wants you to buy everything to make this facility work. The catch. It has to all come from European companies. Everything.

What do you buy from who?

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