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> compute from its Colossus 1 data center near Memphis, Tennessee, that xAI — now part of SpaceX — originally built for its own artificial intelligence efforts.
by softwaredoug 4mo ago
> compute from its Colossus 1 data center near Memphis, Tennessee, that xAI — now part of SpaceX — originally built for its own artificial intelligence efforts.
Is this the same Memphis data center notorious for burning jet fuel nonstop for power?
- prism56 4mo agoNot surprised. I work in the gas turbine market and this AI boom has revolutionised our business and investments, oil and gas is dead. (to us)
- polski-g 4mo agoWhat would you prefer it to burn instead?
- margalabargala 4mo agoI'd prefer it to absorb photons and wind kinetic energy, and store it in lithium batteries.
- liveoneggs 4mo agoprobably boiling water with nuclear energy?
- polski-g 4mo agoThey might do that in 16 years when the next reactor comes online.