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0 pointsvegardx2y ago0 comments

Wild guess: They use significantly more electricity than the average customer that does just about anything else with their hardware. The GPU can easily run at hundreds of watts, and when you add in the required cooling you're probably at 1.5-2x that in total power usage.

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SEJeff2y ago

This is not a proof of work (bitcoin or pre merge ethereum) node and it does not use more electricity. They singled out solana seemingly and I’m unsure why. We moved about 300 services off of dedicated higher end Hetzner nodes within a week.

mnahkies2y ago

What implication does this have for AI workloads - the computation intensity would be similar? (Assuming a popular service saturating the machines)

I see some other comments mentioning ssd wear which I don't think would apply to AI stuff, but the utilisation/power consumption certainly would.

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SEJeff2y ago

mnahkies2y ago

What implication does this have for AI workloads - the computation intensity would be similar? (Assuming a popular service saturating the machines)

I see some other comments mentioning ssd wear which I don't think would apply to AI stuff, but the utilisation/power consumption certainly would.

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