Just shut down all FB bit barns, euro energy crisis solved!
Meta axes two Danish datacenters amid shift to AI infrastructure
Meta has canned two datacenters under development in Denmark as part of a broader plan to deepen investments in artificial intelligence. In a statement provided to The Register, Peter Münster, Meta's head of communications for the Nordics, confirmed the termination of the project. "We are currently expanding our datacenter in …
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Friday 16th December 2022 09:24 GMT b0llchit
Then you have another problem. There will be a huge overcapacity of electricity generation and the prices will drop to negative.
I don't mind getting paid for consuming electricity, but it may not be very sustainable. That is why you need these very large consumers, to keep the electricity prices high and to be able to double the electricity supply every so many years.
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Friday 16th December 2022 09:16 GMT John H Woods
... or let people in cold houses host them
It's below 10 in both my office and my kitchen, a problem that cannot be solved without blowing the grand a month limit on the electrickery.
I'll host a couple of big servers if they pay the leccy bill. I'll even keep an eye on the blinkenlights for free.
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Friday 16th December 2022 11:50 GMT Piro
Re: ... or let people in cold houses host them
There are rules that make it unattractive in Denmark. I work in building that houses a datacentre - but waste heat can't be used to heat the building, AC pipes it outside, because otherwise you have to pay tax on it. Yes, tax on heat you already paid taxes to generate.
If there's one thing Demark is good at, it's creating a burdensome and Lovecraftian tax system, the horrors of which are beyond comprehension.
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Friday 16th December 2022 15:03 GMT Eclectic Man
Aside - How to use an Axe
I recently found this on the Internet:
“Keep your hands away from the log that you are chopping into kindling. If you like playing on your smartphone, using the tv remote, or just generally enjoy having fingers,”
Article at: https://www.gardentoolbox.co.uk/garden-hand-tools/gardeners-cutting-tools/axes-and-axe-handles/
I realise that the use of the word 'Axes' in the article title was metaphorical (or some other rhetorical device the name of which eludes me), but if you are going to 'wield the axe', it is best not to cut off your fingers (metaphorically or otherwise).
Now you may be wondering why I was looking up axes on the Internet, well, a very posh knife manufacturer in the UK has just added a small 'kitchen' axe to its merchandise, a snip at £400 (yes, you read that correctly: four hundred pounds)
https://www.togknives.com/product/kitchen-axe/?utm_source=Total%20Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Product%20Launch%20-%20Kitchen%20Axe%20%2801GM2ZVKD8GJJ5ZAV89EM5F09Q%29&_kx=xWenPTWkKZRpjesIfVgq5SZC6d6Sl7RyDhEqmH1nFLg%3D.YwEXX8
My personal experience of 'DIY' and general manual 'dexterity', together with my love of 'having fingers' persuaded me not to buy said item.
Merry Christmas everyone
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Saturday 31st December 2022 02:59 GMT James Anderson
Sunk costs
Like some compulsive gambler Metabook doubles down on its AI bet. Despite the overwhelming evidence that it does not work.
Reliance on AI to identify toxic posts has got it into deep trouble with the various regulators around the world more fines and bad rep
Posted as someone identified as "not a real person" by thier flawless algorithms.