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Market forces will fix this. AI compute will go to places where energy is cheap
by londons_explore 11mo ago
Market forces will fix this.
AI compute will go to places where energy is cheap
- mistrial9 11mo agosixty five datacenters under construction in Chile, right now source: Chile National Data Centers Plan | 2024-2030 MinCiencia Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation note - this is "promoting the sustainable growth of the data center industry" .. you know it has to be sustainable
- alecco 11mo agoAll those are bold announcements by politicians. There are a lot of things to do and it takes many years in Latin America. Also there is no spare grid and electricity generation is kind of in the middle of nowhere. Good luck with constructing a datacenter in there, and then having technical employees to maintain it. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for those plans. But it will take 5 to 10 years while China has a 15 year headstart.
- ikekkdcjkfke 11mo agoIs the universe sustainable though
- rationalist 11mo agohttp://www.thelastquestion.net http://www.thelastquestion.net
- alecco 11mo ago> Market forces will fix this. You can't print energy and you can't print infra. Nine women can't have a baby in a month.