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Sarah Taber
Sarah Taber
@sarahtaber@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

Followup on yesterday- Does anyone know how much $$ data centers tend to make?

Any metrics are useful- per square meter, per unit computing capacity, whatever.

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Michael Busch
Michael Busch
@michael_w_busch@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@sarahtaber

There is a known problem where a lot of the data centers that have lately been built for cryptocurrency or "AI" scams never make money - only Nvidia and the power companies do.

Tagging @davidgerard for specifics.

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David Gerard
David Gerard
@davidgerard@circumstances.run replied  ·  activity timestamp 1 hour ago

@michael_w_busch @sarahtaber cryptocurrency isn't really in the game any more. the only mined crypto with any real volume is bitcoin and that's increasingly hard to make a living at, which is why guys like coreweave moved to AI. where they don't make money either, but at much BIGGER scale.

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