Big Tech has it wrong: captive power for data centres won’t make local communities warm up to them
Hyperscalers are not known for their sensitivity to energy costs, so maybe none of these inefficiencies matter to them. If the US is truly engaged in the opening stages of a battle for AI supremacy with existential consequences, why not reach for the quickest, if imperfect, solutions? If there’s a war on, you would not complain if an ammo plant was running on diesel engines.
