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Meta putting up tents across the US to house AI servers, like ‘a scene out of the movie Mad Max’ — structures take three months to build and use jet engines for power (www.tomshardware.com)

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These "makeshift" structures are housing hardware that costs millions of dollars in total.

"Putting AI servers inside tents, officially called “rapid deployment structures,” is one of the more unique approaches to the AI build-out, Thomas said. They’re certainly not as sturdy as physical buildings made from steel and concrete, with one commenter comparing it to the “classic $10k racing bike with a $9 lock” situation."

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[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

So they're using gasoline to run jet engines that rotate turbines that generate electricity? wtf

Article about this: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers-turn-to-ex-airliner-engines-as-ai-power-crunch-bites

[–] fake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Not unusual in the slightest. They're often used as peaking plants that fire up when energy prices are driven high enough by demand. Can be setup to run on all sorts of different fuels.

[–] benny@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This isn't for power peaks, it's for a temporary data center. There is nothing usual about it.

[–] fake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Did you even read the comment first?

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