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Meta putting up tents across the US to house AI servers, like ‘a scene out of the movie Mad Max’ — structures take three months to build and use jet engines for power (www.tomshardware.com)
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These "makeshift" structures are housing hardware that costs millions of dollars in total.

"Putting AI servers inside tents, officially called “rapid deployment structures,” is one of the more unique approaches to the AI build-out, Thomas said. They’re certainly not as sturdy as physical buildings made from steel and concrete, with one commenter comparing it to the “classic $10k racing bike with a $9 lock” situation."

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[–] Steve@startrek.website 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As if they expect the servers to be obsolete long before the fabric roof

[–] notgold@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Was thinking this too. They probably won't even relocate them as it's more efficient to put in the newest gear in their new facility

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 11 points 2 days ago

Yeah, probably won't even dismantle it, just bulldoze this 10 billion dollars into a pit and bury the lot. Then go spend another 10 billion on a shiny new tent+compute