sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMost new U.S. AI data centers are being built in drought zones — two-thirds of 809 planned projects set for areas with water shortageswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down11
arrow-up1283arrow-down1external-linkMost new U.S. AI data centers are being built in drought zones — two-thirds of 809 planned projects set for areas with water shortageswww.tomshardware.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoexcept the AI chips and equipment are pratically useless for commercial use.
minus-squareVonReposti@feddit.dkcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoAnd the depreciation of hardware is magnitudes faster than fiver optic cables. You can’t slowly snatch up hardware over the course of a decade. In a decade it would be electronic scrap.
except the AI chips and equipment are pratically useless for commercial use.
And the depreciation of hardware is magnitudes faster than fiver optic cables. You can’t slowly snatch up hardware over the course of a decade. In a decade it would be electronic scrap.