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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months ago

The futile future of the gigawatt datacenter — by Nicholas Weaver

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The futile future of the gigawatt datacenter — by Nicholas Weaver

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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months ago
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Guest post by Nicholas C. Weaver The AI companies and related enterprises are currently spending huge amounts in capital expenditures (CAPEX) to build “Gigawatt” class data centers for various AI-r…

The edge is where it’s at

Interview with Nick about the post:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5rLzNxRjEQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251107-nicholas-weaver-the-futile-future-of-the-gigawatt-datacenter - podcast

time: 26 min 53 sec

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    There is no future. They will be outdated by the time they are finished and the most expensive part wears out quickly and has to be replaced. Literally DOA.

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      born to e-waste

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