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The futile future of the gigawatt datacenter — by Nicholas Weaver (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 1 week ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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The edge is where it’s at

Interview with Nick about the post:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5rLzNxRjEQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251107-nicholas-weaver-the-futile-future-of-the-gigawatt-datacenter - podcast

time: 26 min 53 sec

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There is no future. They will be outdated by the time they are finished and the most expensive part wears out quickly and has to be replaced. Literally DOA.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 5 days ago

born to e-waste