Cross posted from https://sh.itjust.works/post/64308865
A new AI data center can be up and running in a year. Building new energy infrastructure to power it could take a decade.
Data Centers Are Easy to Build. Powering Them Is Complicated, Slow, and Expensive
https://www.404media.co/data-centers-power-energy-grid-epa-clean-air-act/
2 Comments
solrize@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 19d
Buying that many cpus, gpus, ssd's, and ram is also slow and expensive nowadays, thanks to the same idiots that are building the data centers.
bryndos@fedia.io · 3 pts · 19d
If it has no power and no network, then isn't it just a warehouse?