But also, data centers are great for introverts who like to work in solitude. They're dark, cool, have tons of white noise, and you can be pretty isolated.

Oh yeah, only problem is that "dark, cool, tons of white noise" makes me tired as hell.

Or maybe that's because I know that me being in a data center means I've got a loooooong day ahead.

Most the time the data center is lights out. Nobody really needs to go in except for adds/moves/changes to hardware itself.

I very rarely need hands on. I built a pretty robust remote management environment with no dependencies on the prod system. If I'm on-site, there's a problem.