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The article makes it seem like this is only from training runs or inference; It's not. Compute demand is always growing, and the latest reason for it to grow i
by alphazard 3y ago
The article makes it seem like this is only from training runs or inference; It's not. Compute demand is always growing, and the latest reason for it to grow is the mini-boom ML has created. A lot of that is stuff other than the training or inference, like web servers, databases, etc. this boom has created many new companies, each with their own infrastructure needs.
- drjasonharrison 3y agoThe article also doesn't present any quantitative data about how much money is going to data centers vs factories (batteries for electric car) or other "economic driven development". Some service areas they include could easily include private home shifts from gas/oil to electrical heat pumps, air conditioning adoption, etc. They do cite China and India needing more electricity to produce solar panels and rechargeable batteries.