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[-] Mwa 5 points 46 minutes ago

Maybe optimize the LLM to run on less compute?

[-] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 minutes ago

Man you guys would be surprised how normal these tent-systems are in all sorts of industry manufacturing stuff. Yes they're "temporary" constructions, but in a very permanent kind of way. They're insulated, heated/cooled, have cast concrete flooring, rated for surprisingly high winds etc. They can easily be used for years without issues.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Reading that China is quite advanced in AI also, and if these things are related, how are they handling things like data centers over there? Or are they not related?

[-] Rothe@piefed.social 7 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Lots of statesponsored datacenters being build in China. And of course with no way to say no to those.

And a majority of domestically produced Chinese RAM-chips are being funneled into Chinese datacenters (by government mandate).

[-] MBech@feddit.dk 10 points 1 hour ago

China has a very different climate and landmass. The reason these companies keep trying to make datacenters in places where they'll use all the water the residents need to survive, is because those places are the cheapest to build and opperate. Land in the desert is dirt-cheap (lol). China doesn't have to build in the desert to build on cheap land, and so can build pretty much whereever they feel like it, including where water and electricity isn't an issue.

Also, they've shown before that they don't really have to give a shit about the lives of local residents. They probably (maybe) don't want them to die, but relocation is always an option.

In the end we probably don't know wether people are pissed about it or not, since we don't get a lot of news from rural China.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Yeah it just had me thinking. Thank you.

[-] meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 3 hours ago

This seems very different to high-security data centers...

  1. I wouldn't want my (business) data handled like that
  2. I wonder how well this could be defended against a roving gang of enterprising racoons that comes to liberate their precious RAM and GPUs 🦝
[-] raman_klogius@ani.social 3 points 1 hour ago

I can hear the war cry already: "the greatest technician that's ever lived"

[-] artyom@piefed.social 8 points 2 hours ago

Its not business data, these are just ridiculously powered AI training computers.

[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Is it illegal to buy handkerchiefs, bottles of vodka, and a lighter?

[-] dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Not separately

[-] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 hours ago

I wonder if they're flammable or inflammable?

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 36 minutes ago

Both if you're lucky.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago

I mean, they are worth millions a rack. Get some youngins with strong backs..

[-] tonytins@pawb.social 8 points 3 hours ago

I love how Zuck always gets the short end of the stick.

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