These "makeshift" structures are housing hardware that costs millions of dollars in total.

These “makeshift” structures are housing hardware that costs millions of dollars in total.

“Putting AI servers inside tents, officially called “rapid deployment structures,” is one of the more unique approaches to the AI build-out, Thomas said. They’re certainly not as sturdy as physical buildings made from steel and concrete, with one commenter comparing it to the “classic $10k racing bike with a $9 lock” situation.”

  • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    23 seconds ago

    m b c cz ::"cvs cc NVを、！。、、。を！、。、、、、！、！、、？？？

    Edit: protip, lock your phone before putting it in your pocket.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    151·
    5 hours ago

    Please stop using AI, please.

    If you’re required to use AI for your job, then sabotage the efforts.

    I beg of you.

    • Joelk111@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      I’ve been cruising with the most expensive model at work for a while now. After github’s pricing model change they finally asked us to be more conscious about which model we’re using (which was hilarious after we were constantly asked to use more AI), but eh, it’s easier to just leave it on Claude 4.8. I figure eventually the costs will catch up with the company.

    • potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      I’ve seen Mad Max and I’m going to disagree. This looks LITERALLY EXACTLY LIKE MAD MAX to me and you can’t diminish that, because it’s entirely subjective. But also correct. The resemblance is uncanny.

    • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      I also am a qualified expert on what does and doesn’t look like mad max, and I concur.

    • untwistEmblem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 hours ago

      so much waste. why bother flying in your personal jet to burn the world down when you can just leave it idling on the ground?

    • mkwt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 hours ago

      It’s pretty common for natural gas electric plants to use Brayton cycle turbines, which is the same thermodynamic cycle that the turbojet engines on airplanes use. But you can optimize the designs on the ground for efficiency (and zero thrust) instead of thrust-to-weight.

      It’s also common to use “combined cycle” technology which mashes the Brayton cycle engine together with an older-style steam loop for extra efficiency.

      After reading the article, I think they’re just saying they installed some miniaturized natural gas plants. I don’t think they’re literally running aircraft engines on the ground.

      • AnyOldName3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 hours ago

        There’s at least one company that does tweak (iirc used) airliner turbofans by taking the fan part off so they just have the turbojet (which is already tuned to mostly generate rotational energy to drive the fan turbine rather than produce thrust itself) and use that to spin a generator. Obviously, it’s a bit more complicated than that in reality, but there are quite a lot of old engines no longer certified for flight out of an abundance of caution but that still work fine, and a market for high-power generators that don’t need to be the pinnacle of efficiency (originally as backups just for occasional use, and now because of AI companies caring only about speed and not about cost).

    • comador @lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      20 hours ago

      Yup, Tom’s is the last of the originals still running (HardOCP, anandtech and sharkyexteme are all gone), but it’s absolutely a garbage site now.