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by toomuchtodo·13y ago·view on hn ↗
Far if its all leases acquired with cheap money.

Who buys equipment upfront for cash at that scale?

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In any event, they're deploying obsolete gear. The Nexus 7000 and Nexus 5000 switches they just deployed are basically end of life.
End of life does not equal non-functioning. Companies continue to use end of life gear in production environments (Cisco Pix anyone?).