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they seem to have misunderstood the why and the how of startup culture in the valley it has been a way to get startup entrepreneurs (founders) to absorb the ne
by BSEdlMMldESB 3y ago
they seem to have misunderstood the why and the how of startup culture in the valley
it has been a way to get startup entrepreneurs (founders) to absorb the negative cost of trying out new things; and whatever actually works well gets bought by an established winner.
what's fundamentally unproven about how to build data-centers? this seems to be about using a different sort of 'power supply' for the whole project
what is to stop AWS from being even more green even faster (by buying 'greener' power supplies?)
the only way this makes sense is if their real end-game is to get bought by some already established datacenter company.
then again, it's not 2018 anymore. The VC scheme is also changing a lot. they should find a way to chuck "AI" in their pitch to get startup money now
- nikanj 3y agoTheir real end game is living comfortably for years on large salaries financed by EU development grants.
- Nifty3929 3y agoThey are taking advantage of regulatory capture - that's all. I don't think I'm blaming anybody here. Maybe these are good regulations. Regardless, it creates a business opportunity. The EU passes laws which require data/compute/whatever to run in the EU. So a company springs up with a product for that.