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China massively overbuilds empty AI data centres (pivot-to-ai.com)
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[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A massive domestic infrastructure project with little actual demand? In China of all places? I don't believe it

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 2 days ago

By the same fuckin people! A perfect Pivot to AI

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There’s now a lot of cheap GPU [sic] in China.

Sure doesn't feel like it, what with graphics cards being ball-bustingly expensive everywhere else :P

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 6 points 2 days ago

In the land of ball-busting, the one-balled is king.