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How AI has transformed data center design, with concerns about overspending on AI infrastructure, sparked by DeepSeek, fading amid the ongoing building frenzy

The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed

Financial Times

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  • @benbraun Benjamin Braun on bluesky
    Incredibly instructive reporting on what appears well on its way to becoming the biggest, most concentrated, most energy- and resource-intensive, and most speculative wave of capital investment ever.  —  ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...  [images]
  • @alisonkilling @alisonkilling on bluesky
    NEW: Inside the race for AI capacity.  —  The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed.  —  ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...
  • @nassosstylianou Nassos Stylianou on bluesky
    New visual story: Inside the relentless race for AI capacity  —  The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed  —  ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...
  • @samjoiner Sam Joiner on bluesky
    New: Inside the relentless race for AI capacity.  —  The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom, with hyperscalers clustering thousands of chips to train AI models.  But critics question the environmental impact, soaring costs and whether it's all needed.  —  …
  • @will-davies Will Davies on bluesky
    This whole thing reads like a civilisation that is daring itself to go over the brink ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...
  • @axbom.com @axbom.com on bluesky
    The devastating environmental impact of the AI data centre goldrush, comprehensively outlined by the Financial Times.  —  ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...  #DigitalEthics #DataCentres #AIEthics
  • @jarjour Michaël Jarjour on bluesky
    Great story on the explosion of data centers larger and power hungrier than ever.  —  ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...