wait, they couldn’t get substation big enough so they’re running straight gas turbines just to power this thing? and it’s not even CCGT (there would be visible cooling towers unless there’s a lake nearby)? i guess they’re doing this this way because it’s compact and doesn’t require water, but they’re 1. paying premium for baseline power, more than for regular price from utility, or normal gas plant, and 2. running pollution -> profit machine straight from captain planet episode
reuters article (through neuters, it works like nitter but for reuters) https://neuters.de/business/environment/musks-xai-operating-gas-turbines-without-permits-data-center-environmental-group-2024-08-28/
- running pollution -> profit machine straight from captain planet episode
that is part of their mission statement, yes
Kevin Beaumont started a thread collecting horrifyingly awful Sora output
The Grok data center in Memphis, Tennessee runs off gas generators without proper permits. [Reuters, archive; Memphis CAP]
archive added!
I really wonder what the state of OpenAI will be in five years. They really don’t have a proper business model (or at the very least a functional one), and it doesn’t seem like they will have one. Will Microsoft fully buy them out? It seems like the only way to make “AI” profitable is to make it a selling point on products that would have otherwise already had large profit margins.
Assuming the company will last 5 years is awfully optimistic.
Aren’t they spending like…$2-3 for every dollar made?
But they make up for it in volume!
It seems Elon is swaying judges these days and has it out for OpenAI. I wonder if Microsoft might use that as an excuse to do something about their relationship.
