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Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed (futurism.com)
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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

They already did. OpenAI is pulling out of all their hardware acquisitions.

There might be aftershock tho

[–] inari@piefed.zip 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Source? I'd love this to be true

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/price-of-ram-falling-as-ai-companies-put-the-brakes-on/ar-AA1ZLxCQ

None of these big deals were binding contracts and lots of big investors are pulling out because the bubble seems to be popping.