Nick

@nick@shore.me.uk

Mostly Retired. Consultant. Ex Managing Director. Ex CTO.

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Based in Debenham, Suffolk UK

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[?]Nick »
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@foobarry@mastodon.social @cybergibbons@infosec.exchange intriguing that grid connections for wind farms, batteries and solar take ages, and yet there don't seem to be constraints on these new AI DCs

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    [?]cybergibbons »
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    @nick @foobarry have they actually happened yet? This is the UK, after all...

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      [?]Nick »
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      @cybergibbons@infosec.exchange @foobarry@mastodon.social no I guess these are future DCs but noone is saying that they won't happen because of power constraints, maybe thats a blag 😀

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        [?]Nick »
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        @nick@shore.me.uk @cybergibbons@infosec.exchange @foobarry@mastodon.social sure you can build your fancy AI DC but there are no guarantees that you can power it

          [?]Simon B »
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          @nick @cybergibbons some have been in the works for a while e.g. Blyth and Waltham abbey. Blyth will take about ten years for the full site to come online with capacity ramping over time(same power draw as sizewell B produces). But big pressure from Jensen Huang and others saying UK will need power asap to meet demand and if fossil fuels then so be it. Yes we are wrecking net zero and water supply for cloud datacentres that won't benefit us at all. Just hoping the AI bubble bursts quickly.

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