[softwaredoug]

> compute from its Colossus 1 data center near Memphis, Tennessee, that xAI — now part of SpaceX — originally built for its own artificial intelligence efforts.

Is this the same Memphis data center notorious for burning jet fuel nonstop for power?

[prism56]

Not surprised. I work in the gas turbine market and this AI boom has revolutionised our business and investments, oil and gas is dead. (to us)

[polski-g]

What would you prefer it to burn instead?

[margalabargala]

I'd prefer it to absorb photons and wind kinetic energy, and store it in lithium batteries.

[liveoneggs]

probably boiling water with nuclear energy?

[polski-g]

They might do that in 16 years when the next reactor comes online.