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> 2% of global data center capacity Let’s call the dollars per square foot the “cost density”. The claim you are repeating from the interview I mentioned is th
by janalsncm 2y ago
> 2% of global data center capacity
Let’s call the dollars per square foot the “cost density”. The claim you are repeating from the interview I mentioned is that SG data centers have an unusually high cost density.
What could account for that? It might be that there is a very expensive item (a state of the art GPU for example) taking up that space.
Another option, as I mentioned above, is that these GPUs are running inference in Malaysia which is right across the river.
- scarab92 2y agoPerhaps, but SEA is a very expensive place to run GPUs. High power costs, no free cooling. Why wouldn't DeepSeek (or whoever) just export these to Northern China where power is cheap and the air is cold?
- janalsncm 2y agoThere are plenty of data centers in hot places all over the world. Also, if you have been to Singapore, these are not people who are at all afraid of using air conditioning.