@elonmusk: To bring large AI data centers online requires building massive power plants, transformers, liquid cooling loops & chil…
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Elon Musk highlights the challenges of building large AI data centers due to power shortages and mentions that Google and Anthropic are leasing AI compute from SpaceX.
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To bring large AI data centers online requires building massive power plants, transformers, liquid cooling loops & chillers, as well as incredibly complex networking (especially for training clusters)
DogeDesigner (@cb_doge): BREAKING: Elon Musk says Google and Anthropic are leasing AI compute from SpaceX amid a growing power shortage, adding that SpaceX has brought AI compute online better than anyone else so far.
“Even before next year, there are challenges with power, which is why Google,
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