I have no way of gathering "proof", but my first, second, and third guess is that someone is getting kick-backs. The on-line game EVE has servers running spread-sheet software, that could easily run a large city. They probably have less than three million into it. A modern Super-Computer, complete with software suit, can be had for less than 60 million. http://www.crizmo.com/worlds-top-10-supercomputers-with-their-cost-speed-and-usage.html ... Any one of these could run all of Alaska and Several Northern Canada territories.