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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month ago

China massively overbuilds empty AI data centres

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China massively overbuilds empty AI data centres

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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month ago
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ChatGPT came out in 2022, and the Chinese government declared AI infrastructure a national priority. Over 500 new data centres were announced in 2023 and 2024. Private investors went all-in. Demand…

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    A massive domestic infrastructure project with little actual demand? In China of all places? I don’t believe it

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      By the same fuckin people! A perfect Pivot to AI

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    There’s now a lot of cheap GPU [sic] in China.

    Sure doesn’t feel like it, what with graphics cards being ball-bustingly expensive everywhere else :P

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      In the land of ball-busting, the one-balled is king.

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