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Data centers turn to commercial aircraft jet engines as AI power crunch bites
- mojomark 1y agoWell, that's not great. Gast turbine engines are notoriously inefficient compared to other electric power generation options (1). You use gas turbines when you need a lot of power, but limited volume (jets, warships). A server farm is not that. 1. https://www.nuclear-power.com/nuclear-engineering/thermodynamics/laws-of-thermodynamics/thermal-efficiency/thermal-efficiency-of-heat-engines-examples/ https://www.nuclear-power.com/nuclear-engineering/thermodyna...
- gnabgib 1y agoDiscussion (32 points, 4 days ago, 38 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45706534 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45706534
- pabs3 1y agoNow there is a jet engine shortage too: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/turbine-shortage-threatens-ai-datacenters-as-wait-times-stretch-into-2030 https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/turbine-shortage-...