Replying to @tal@lemmy.today
The benefit is when you have a huge number of servers arround the world you can manage them from a few locations without having to have someone go physically touch them. Bonus points they often allow for remote wiping and provisioning, it makes it possible for a few peoole to manage the entier life of a server without ever touching it. This is a lot cheaper than flying people out to each site whenever something goes wrong.