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The AI data centre boom built on a mountain of hidden debt — Big Tech is spending more than space-race levels on AI infrastructure, but hidden loans and commitments mask the true financial risks (www.thetimes.com)
submitted 2 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

So what happens to all this hardware when this comes crashing down due to unsustainability? I mean they are already losing so much money if anyone fully uses their subscription. And if they raise prices, people will stop using it completely. I’ll pay $20 a month. I will not pay $1000 a month.

I mean if there is a fire sale I could put a few of these NVIDIA DGX B200 in a lab 🥹

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 3 points 50 minutes ago

Hidden debt? As in on top of all the obvious debt?

[–] SubstituteTurkey@lemmy.ca 3 points 59 minutes ago

...oh no

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago

Like the whole world economy's foundation is the belief in AGI.

Happen or not, but if it does not happen, this whole thing would be very funny and painful in retrospective