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by anax32 29 days ago
A ban on desktop PC components over a certain power threshold (300W) or PSUs would definitely affect local AI, and Europe is not a big enough market, nor has it's own internal supply chains to offer alternatives.

This has been done in the EU/UK in the past (hoovers/vacuum cleaners) so the mechanism exists.

I'm in the UK and support your direction.
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dryarzeg 28 days ago
> would definitely affect local AI

And not only. Given your example with 300W, it will affect even things like (somewhat advanced) home servers, (mostly) personal self-hosting machines and even just gaming PCs. That would affect way too much, if I understood your thought correctly.

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anax32 23 days ago
yes, that's what I thought.

"You got a loicense for that PSU?" is my biggest fear!

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