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I think https://www.crusoeenergy.com/ https://www.crusoeenergy.com/ is by far the largest participant in this space with a view on using crypto mining as entry

I think https://www.crusoeenergy.com/ https://www.crusoeenergy.com/ is by far the largest participant in this space with a view on using crypto mining as entry point but layering in distributed compute data centers as scale play It’s an interesting idea to bring the utility directly to the energy and think about the infrastructure required (uplink / maintenance / etc) required to fulfill the vision

asciimike 5y ago
I'm the product lead for Crusoe's Cloud; thanks for mentioning us! Our data centers are currently in alpha with a number of A100's and A40's currently running on flared natural gas. We're able to offer a product that's carbon negative (each GPU running for a month offsets ~400kg CO2e) and also ~40% cheaper than hyperscale cloud providers. If you're interested in giving our cloud a shot, feel free to email me @ mike at crusoecloud dot com. And of course, we're always hiring: https://www.crusoeenergy.com/careers https://www.crusoeenergy.com/careers
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- paulgb 5y ago
  Interesting, what use cases are you targeting? Is it mostly batch ML training, or do you have customers using you for real-time rendering applications? Or just lots of ETH mining?
  - asciimike 5y ago
    A100s for ML training as well as simulations/FEA/CFD/etc. E.g. we're working with the physics dept at a large university to do various theoretical physics simulations. A40s for rendering and transcoding. We've got some A5000s and A6000s for similar purposes, but at a lower price point. ETH mining is something folks could do if they'd like, but not something we're explicitly targeting.
- aresant 5y ago
  That’s amazing do you anticipate maintaining that pricing advantage?
  - asciimike 5y ago
    No promises of course (I'm sure that an EC2 PM is already reading this thread and preparing to drop P4d prices to make me eat my words), but given the structural advantages we have, we're planning on being able to consistently offer top tier compute at a meaningful discount to major players.

asciimike 5y ago

I'm the product lead for Crusoe's Cloud; thanks for mentioning us! Our data centers are currently in alpha with a number of A100's and A40's currently running on flared natural gas. We're able to offer a product that's carbon negative (each GPU running for a month offsets ~400kg CO2e) and also ~40% cheaper than hyperscale cloud providers. If you're interested in giving our cloud a shot, feel free to email me @ mike at crusoecloud dot com. And of course, we're always hiring: https://www.crusoeenergy.com/careers https://www.crusoeenergy.com/careers

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paulgb 5y ago
Interesting, what use cases are you targeting? Is it mostly batch ML training, or do you have customers using you for real-time rendering applications? Or just lots of ETH mining?
- asciimike 5y ago
  A100s for ML training as well as simulations/FEA/CFD/etc. E.g. we're working with the physics dept at a large university to do various theoretical physics simulations. A40s for rendering and transcoding. We've got some A5000s and A6000s for similar purposes, but at a lower price point. ETH mining is something folks could do if they'd like, but not something we're explicitly targeting.
aresant 5y ago
That’s amazing do you anticipate maintaining that pricing advantage?
- asciimike 5y ago
  No promises of course (I'm sure that an EC2 PM is already reading this thread and preparing to drop P4d prices to make me eat my words), but given the structural advantages we have, we're planning on being able to consistently offer top tier compute at a meaningful discount to major players.