• pHr34kY@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    It cost about US$36B to run fibre optic cable to almost every house in Australia.

    WTF kind of AI project costs twice that?! They’ll have to claw back around $250 per US citizen to break even.

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        7 hours ago

        The datacenters are absolutely paying less than that. If not directly, then through kickbacks from the supplier. The inflated price only applies to us.

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          The datacenters are absolutely paying less than that. If not directly, then through kickbacks from the supplier. The inflated price only applies to us.

          The datacenters are paying less than $16 Billion per stick of DRAM? You sure?