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Will data centers crash the economy?
- 1970-01-01 1y agoCentralized and decentralized is cyclical. The fact we're building new nuclear plants to sustain them is the silver lining. When we realize it yet again, we will still need the power.
- delfinom 1y agoThe problem is who foots the tens of billions of dollar bill for the nuclear plants if the bubble pops. Hints: I hope you like your electric bill doubled
- more_corn 1y agoNo. Is an infrastructure investment likely to crash an economy? Ask an economist. (Also the answer is no)
- rwmj 1y agoThe railways weren't obsolete 3 years after they were built, unlike GPUs.
- dekhn 1y agoRolling stock was continuously upgraded.
- rwmj 1y agoCan't tell if you're joking or not, but in case you're not, here's an EU survey of rolling stock which says that it should last 25-30 years and represents only 1/5th of the cost of the rail network: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2023/747263/IPOL_STU(2023)747263_EN.pdf https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2023/7472...