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0 pointseru16d ago0 comments

> Electricity is charged whenever you use it or not, [...]

Huh, what? You know you can turn off unused equipment, and at least my nvidia GPU can use more or less Watts even when turned on?

Or does Anthropic have a flatline deal for electricity and cooling?

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himata411316d ago

in datacenters power allocation is a fixed cost.

eruOP15d ago

If you are big enough, you can and will negotiate.

himata411315d ago

the datacenter has a fixed cost for power, industrial power is not consumer power especially at large scale. Scale really kicks in if you own your power plant (ex: hydro, wind, solar).

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