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Datacenters literally have UPS power supplies to let them gracefully shutdown and start up. A 4 hour grid battery and a weather forecast would easily let a tra
by XorNot 2mo ago
Datacenters literally have UPS power supplies to let them gracefully shutdown and start up.
A 4 hour grid battery and a weather forecast would easily let a training run follow energy availability.
- turbert 2mo agowhen the GPU capex overshadows everything else your idle hardware is burning enormous amounts of money
- podocarp 2mo agoAre the UPSes actual batteries or just backup generators? If they're generators then that defeats the point. If they're batteries then it's kinda just regular solar then?
- XorNot 2mo agoBut that's the point. It's not like a solar DC would suddenly lose power because of cloud cover. Large scale batteries can provide amble ride through inclement weather to allow a graceful shutdown, and weather forecasts at that scale are accurate enough to predictively model your energy availability. AI training is unique because it's not interactive workload serving.