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https://x.com/MichaelDell/status/1803385185984974941 https://x.com/MichaelDell/status/1803385185984974941 > We’re building a Dell AI factory with @nvidia t

https://x.com/MichaelDell/status/1803385185984974941 https://x.com/MichaelDell/status/1803385185984974941 > We’re building a Dell AI factory with @nvidia to power @grok for @xai @elonmusk https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1803429159005241780 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1803429159005241780 > To be precise, Dell is assembling half of the racks that are going into the supercomputer that xAI is building Dell is in the AI biz now? HP and Lenovo when?

thelastgallon 2y ago
Capitalizing on all the trendy things: nVidia, AI, factory; leveraging Elon Musk.
- ryzvonusef 2y ago
  I mean, atleast server racks are not a bubble, I guess.
Arrath 2y ago
> Dell is in the AI biz now? No more so than the concrete contractor that poured the slab the datacenter is built on, it sounds like.
- JSDevOps 2y ago
  Concrete is revolutionizing the AI industry by making sure our robots have a solid foundation to stand on.
- falcor84 2y ago
  For what it's worth, I recall a talk by someone at Google, probably about a decade ago, saying that their bottleneck for scaling compute was literally how long it takes to pour concrete for new data centers. I suppose that might have been an exaggeration, but it stuck with me.
  - HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
    I wonder if it would be quicker to acquire existing centers or warehouses.
    - mrbungie 2y ago
      They still will need a lot of materials for adapting those buildings for higher cooling and power needs.
      - Arrath 2y ago
        It would all come down to the Cost Benefit Analysis, whether retrofitting an e.g. unused warehouse or misc. industrial space to be a datacenter would be more cost effective/time efficient than a brand new building with all the general civil construction & site work that would entail before you even have four walls and a roof.
  - mrbungie 2y ago
    Surely concrete is going to be hell of a constraint for both compute (datacenters) and power for said compute (power plants). And also expect for higher water usage. Interesting times ahead.
nextworddev 2y ago
It’s in the server assembly business

thelastgallon 2y ago

Capitalizing on all the trendy things: nVidia, AI, factory; leveraging Elon Musk.

ryzvonusef 2y ago
I mean, atleast server racks are not a bubble, I guess.

Arrath 2y ago

> Dell is in the AI biz now? No more so than the concrete contractor that poured the slab the datacenter is built on, it sounds like.

JSDevOps 2y ago
Concrete is revolutionizing the AI industry by making sure our robots have a solid foundation to stand on.
falcor84 2y ago
For what it's worth, I recall a talk by someone at Google, probably about a decade ago, saying that their bottleneck for scaling compute was literally how long it takes to pour concrete for new data centers. I suppose that might have been an exaggeration, but it stuck with me.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
  I wonder if it would be quicker to acquire existing centers or warehouses.
  - mrbungie 2y ago
    They still will need a lot of materials for adapting those buildings for higher cooling and power needs.
    - Arrath 2y ago
      It would all come down to the Cost Benefit Analysis, whether retrofitting an e.g. unused warehouse or misc. industrial space to be a datacenter would be more cost effective/time efficient than a brand new building with all the general civil construction & site work that would entail before you even have four walls and a roof.
- mrbungie 2y ago
  Surely concrete is going to be hell of a constraint for both compute (datacenters) and power for said compute (power plants). And also expect for higher water usage. Interesting times ahead.

nextworddev 2y ago

It’s in the server assembly business