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quickthrowmanyesterday at 5:13 PM3 repliesview on HN

There is zero wood in a data center (or commercial building in general) excluding doors, millwork, and fire-rated plywood for mounting equipment on. It’s simply not allowed.

Data center are tip-up warehouses with walls made of reinforced concrete, metal bar joists, metal columns, and metal roofs. Any interior wall framing is made of steel.


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arjieyesterday at 7:17 PM

I don't know anything about this so I am curious: that doesn't sound like a lot of wood work so why are the AI companies recruiting so many carpenters?

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deadbabeyesterday at 6:03 PM

So there is wood.

tokaiyesterday at 6:05 PM

Zero wood except all the things that are made of wood, got it.

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