alt Hacker NewsWhy not? It’s 40A at 240V, or 25% of the continuous load rating of a 200A 240V single-phase service.
If someone can afford an 8 GPU server, they should be able to afford some #6 wire, a 50A 2P breaker, and a 50A receptacle. It has the same exact power requirements as an L2 EV charger.
You probably run a bigger (perhaps double) neutral and care about a stronger ground. But yeah, the $12 is rounding error at this scale