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Data centers in Silicon Valley stand empty, awaiting power (www.latimes.com)
submitted 1 month ago by jaykrown@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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In Santa Clara, Calif., where the world’s biggest supplier of artificial-intelligence chips is based, Digital Realty Trust Inc. applied in 2019 to build a data center. Roughly six years later, the development remains an empty shell awaiting full energization. Stack Infrastructure, which was acquired earlier this year by Blue Owl Capital Inc., has a nearby 48-megawatt project that’s also vacant, while the city-owned utility, Silicon Valley Power, struggles to upgrade its capacity.

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[–] makyo@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It just pisses me off that they have all the money in the world for their datacenters but not for the systems that power it

[–] brightpants@lemmy.eco.br 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When you think about it like this the fear they have of China makes way more sense. China invested heavily in infrastructure, so they have power leftover that can run all this, while the US is desperate seeking to build datacenters in other countries as they know that the us grid simply can't handle it.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Maybe the billions can beg, er convince, Trump that we need to use all types of power available, including solar and wind, to get our infrastructure up to par.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

Obviously they didn't want to pay appropriately for the power.

Note that this is not a datacenter, only a new, empty building where somebody had the idea of putting datacenters in.