It doesn't sound like a backlinks update after all, which means it's just that the rolling update has reached some of I, Brian's stuff - and some of mine.
LOL! Backlinks are *not* updated on a rolling index so far as I'm aware. The SERPs, yes, but not backlinks or PR. Time to get an earlier night, Phil?
Eh? That quote says that a backlinks update isn't happening right now - just the rolling update. It's a bit late now but I do think that one of us needed an early night - and I don't think it was me
It looks like it's the 2 new datacenters that are active. -kr now has the old backlink numbers, and -mc isn't answering at the moment. maybe those 2 are used for something different.