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DaedalusIIyesterday at 3:05 PM2 repliesview on HN

i suspect they get cheap off peak electricity and compute is cheaper at those times


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jedbergyesterday at 3:54 PM

That's not really how datacenter power works. It's usually a bulk buy with a 95th percentile usage.

cheezeyesterday at 4:33 PM

I think it's a lot simpler than that. At peak, gpus are all running hot. During low volume, they aren't.