Leo Hohmann - Why does America need so many AI data centers? U.S. building more than 5,200 data centers compared to only 1,818 in China The answer is hiding in plain sight but nobody is looking or asking the right questions....via u/brain_dead... - The Great Awakening

Leo Hohmann - Why does America need so many AI data centers? U.S. building more than 5,200 data centers compared to only 1,818 in China The answer is hiding in plain sight but nobody is looking or asking the right questions....via u/brain_dead... (leohohmann.substack.com)

posted 42 days ago by ashlanddog 42 days ago by ashlanddog +74 / -0

Why does America need so many AI data centers? U.S. building more than 5,200 data centers compared to only 1,818 in China

The answer is hiding in plain sight but nobody is looking or asking the right questions.

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– DemPanicAtTheDisco 14 points 42 days ago +14 / -0

Then argue the factual points

Dude.... Besides the facts that data centers are being built the author only offers unproven assertions and opinions.

Boiling down the fact that the US is building data centers and VERY loosely saying it's for digital currency and social credit scores is a WILD assertion.

It's also quite stupid. A private blockchain like a centralized digital currency would need LESS computing power than the decentralized public blockchains we have now. It's not using distributed ledger technology because it's centralized.

There are DOZENS of use cases for this computing power that come to mind way before the idea of a centralized digital currency that make way more sense.

At the end of the day AI is an arms race. It's not good at just a few things, it's good at almost everything. The country that leads the world in AI technology and processing power will essentially lead the world period.