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I'm curious about the “140 servers” claim.

I am not a computer guy, but my understanding is that one server can easily handle a couple dozen computers.

How many employees did the DNC have? Why did they need 140 servers? And why did they have to “decommission” all 140? Can't you just install a new hard drive and re-program it?

Also - it seems like it should be impossible to prosecute the Russians when the only evidence the FBI has is third party hard drive images with no chain of custody.

And what happened to the John Podesta computer/server that got hacked? Where is that?

How many employees did the DNC have?
This site...NAICS Profile Page...says 155. No year given.

Why did they need 140 servers?

I would guess to hold all of the information they have on voters.
DNC gears up for 2020 with voter data overhaul

Since thread readers/responders like Wired so much...
Inside the Democrats’ Plan to Fix Their Crumbling Data Operation

Since 2011, Vertica has been the Democratic Party's central repository for data—a place to store every state's voter file, every door knock and phone call organizers make, and every bit of commercially available data that campaigns collect. Snip... Now, Krikorian’s team is preparing to pull the plug on Vertica and stand up a new, more powerful system called, simply, the Data Warehouse. It will be backed by Google’s analytics tool called BigQuery, a cloud-based platform capable of handling massive data sets at the scale and speed necessary for an organization the size of the Democratic party.And why did they have to “decommission” all 140? Can't you just install a new hard drive and re-program it?
Can't help you on those two. I will look into it.

And what happened to the John Podesta computer/server that got hacked? Where is that?

First off, phishing isn't hacking and Podesta didn't get "hacked", per se. People may claim they are the same thing but they are two separate things.
Phishing only needs a gullible subject, which Podesta was.
Hacking requires specific skills.

"podesta laptop" nypd

Not much "officially" is out there.

And why did they have to “decommission” all 140?

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, Plaintiff, v. THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, et al., Defendants. Case No. 1:18-cv-3501-JGK-SDA (page 31)

113. In order to remove the unauthorized users from its network, the DNC had to decommission more than 140 servers, remove and reinstall all software, including the operating systems, for more than 180 computers, and rebuild at least 11 servers. Of note... 114. Both CrowdStrike’s forensic analysis and the U.S. Government concluded that the DNC’s computer systems had been hacked by two independent, sophisticated Russian state-sponsored adversaries, both with a nexus to Russia’s intelligence services.⁷⁹

⁷⁹ Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation,GRIZZLY STEPPE –Russian Malicious Cyber Activity(December 29, 2016),available athttps://www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/publications/JAR_16-20296A_GRIZZLY%20STEPPE-2016-1229.pdf.

It doesn't say "Both CrowdStrike’s forensic analysis and the U.S. Government's forensic analysis concluded that the DNC’s computer systems had been hacked..."

Can't you just install a new hard drive and re-program it?

I suppose you could do that on laptops/computers. It seems they just reinstalled all the software, including the operating systems. If they didn't replace the hard drives they could still be vulnerable to BIOS/Boot Sector code hacks still resident on the old drives if they weren't cleaned up properly.