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pj_mukh • today at 5:08 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

Not building out data centers would mean your $200 spend would be $500 no? Just supply/demand wise

Only in the MAGA world are we somehow given a choice between NDA-laden, Coal powered loud turbine data center projects or no data centers at all.

Feels like there’s always been an easy middle ground no? I agree nothing in the MAGA world has forced tech to pursue it, but it’s always been there.


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tavavex • today at 6:33 AM

> Not building out data centers would mean your $200 spend would be $500 no? Just supply/demand wise

Is there actually any evidence we're short on inference compute, let alone by a factor of 2.5? To me it always seemed the data centers were about accommodating some extreme predictions on future demand, scaling up training and trying to outdo one another in capturing the limited hardware.

hedora • today at 5:20 AM

Microsoft Amazon Google Apple to be clear.

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