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>Garbage companies using refurbished plane engines to power their data centers is not inevitable Was wondering what the beef with this was until I realized aut

>Garbage companies using refurbished plane engines to power their data centers is not inevitable Was wondering what the beef with this was until I realized author meant "companies that are garbage" and not "landfill operators using gas turbines to make power". The latter is something you probably would want.

Tepix 10mo ago
I think he's referring to Boom and also to xAI.
- pbmonster 10mo ago
  There's many more. Aeroderivative gas turbines are not exactly new, and they have shorter lead times than regular gas turbines right now, so everybody getting their hands on any has been willing to buy them.