• Malyca@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    Rich people get what they want. I mean we all roll over for them, why would this time be any different?

    • scruiser@awful.systems
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      10 hours ago

      Not when what they want contradicts the basic limits of reality and logistics!

      Ed Zitron has done a breakdown on building normal sized data centers vs. the current target size of AI data centers, and on the bigger end normal data centers are 10s of MWs up to 100s of MWs. After 2 years Stargate Abilene has only turned on its first 200-300 MW. So I think even if regulators roll over on using twice the power of the entire state this project would take 2-3 years just to turn on the first few hundred megawatts then stall out.

    • Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca
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      9 hours ago

      What we should be asking is “how long will it last?”

      We can’t stop them from building it, but we can always unbuild it for them.