Interesting post on Themis Trading which I picked up via Zero Hedge on the trading investment in data centers. Equity firms spent $1.8B in data centers last year, wow!

The only problem with this trend? Programmers are getting gypped:

"According to our buddies at the Tabb Group, equity firms spent $1.8 billion last year on data centers; half of that total came from sell-side shops.  But even though they are spending tons of cash on the infrastructure, they are not exactly doling out the cash to  their programmers."

Source: Themis Trading.