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what will happen to all the datacenters when the bubble bursts? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 hours ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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More and more mainstream analysts are identifying the coming AI crash, which is a good indication that it will happen soon.

So, what happens to all the data centers? They are already built but probably very expensive to maintain. Will many of them just be abandoned? Bought up by cloud computing companies? Scammers? Crypto miners? Can they be parted out and sold off piecemeal?

Will they be put to some productive use, or just become massive e-waste sites left to the locals to deal with?

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I dont believe its a theory. Its absolute fact. Why else would they be requiring cameras in all cars next year, and putting flock cameras all over every city? That surveillance data needs to be stored and sorted through. This is the real reason for the massive push of data centers and bribery of politicians.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

Yes, they've been wanting to do it for many years, even before 9/11 but especially after (remember "Total Information Awareness"?--back then the backlash stopped them, but now the populace has been mostly tamed and made compliant). So now with AI/LLM they have not only the perfect cover to build the datacenters but also the means to process all that data--never mind hallucinations, they're fine with that too.