Listen "19: Data centers - Don't we have enough already?"
Episode Synopsis
Data centers are sprouting up every where. Do we really need more of them?In this episode, Jim and Wolf talk about what data centers are, how prevalent they are and what it takes to build them.We talk about the sizes and energy uses and all sorts of other things related to data centers.It was a fun episode to research and very eye-opening.Links:https://statista.comhttps://cloudscene.com/region/datacenters-in-north-americahttps://venturebeat.com/infrastructure/inference-is-splitting-in-two-nvidias-usd20b-groq-bet-explains-its-next-acthttps://energyattheedge.substack.com/p/how-utilities-make-money-capitalWolf’s dotfiles: https://github.com/wolf/dotfilesDirect link to Wolf's Alabaster theme for Helix (now both light and dark): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wolf/alabaster-for-helix/main/helix/dot-config/helix/themes/wolf-alabaster-light.tomlThe repo for the dotx tool: https://github.com/wolf/dotxHosts:Jim McQuillan can be reached at [email protected] can be reached at [email protected] us on Mastodon: @[email protected] you have feedback for us, please send it to [email protected] our webpage at http://RuntimeArguments.fmTheme music:Dawn by nuer self, from the album Digital Sky
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