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Are all these data centers a way to try to substitute for promised progress?

1•mapping365•49m ago
The scale of the data center buildout makes no sense. The only thing I can think of is that Sam really latched onto it when there weren't any huge breakthroughs that he could easily achieve.

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bigyabai•46m ago
> The scale of the data center buildout makes no sense.

It's a fully commoditized service. Selling compute is an incredibly lucrative business and investors want in, it's just as simple as that.

mapping365•44m ago
Is it though? I feel like that has yet to be proven in a realistic market. Whatever is going on now, doesn't feel sustainable or realistic.

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