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dlev_pikatoday at 1:17 AM1 replyview on HN

Crazy to have 1 trillion invested in data centers, underpinned by dollar-a-day human turk ops


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dehrmanntoday at 1:27 AM

All sorts of industries are capital intensive where labor is relatively cheap. A fancy roller coaster costs $50M, but you pay college students $15 per hour to run it. Airlines spend a few thousand per day on pilots for a $300M plane.