> 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?
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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)
What would you prefer it to burn instead?
I'd prefer it to absorb photons and wind kinetic energy, and store it in lithium batteries.
probably boiling water with nuclear energy?
They might do that in 16 years when the next reactor comes online.