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epistasisyesterday at 6:54 PM1 replyview on HN

This is indeed true, but doesn't fiber have a far longer lifetime than GPU heavy data centers? The major cost center is the hardware, which has a fairly short shelf life.


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gretchyesterday at 7:07 PM

Well you still get the establishment of 1) large industrial buildings 2) water/electricity distribution 3) trained employees who know how to manage a data center

Even if all of the GPUs inside burn out and you want to put something else entirely inside of the building, that's all still ready to go.

Although there is the possibility they all become dilapidated buildings, like abandoned factories

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