Global power generation from fossil fuels fell in the first month since the start of the Hormuz blockade, with the fall in gas-fired generation offset by large increases in solar and wind power, rather than coal.
Given how long they’re viable for (obsolete GPUs in 2 years or less, high likelihood of needing significant retooling for the next gen) you can’t mothball them. Given how few exist in any way other than on paper there will be little to bulldoze.
On the plus side counties are scrambling to decouple their economies from the US and hopefully it’s just the trickle before the flood, so when the US economy tanks from the AI bubble pop it’ll have less effect on the rest of the world.
Good time for the US to mothball (or better yet, bulldoze) all those AI data centers.
Given how long they’re viable for (obsolete GPUs in 2 years or less, high likelihood of needing significant retooling for the next gen) you can’t mothball them. Given how few exist in any way other than on paper there will be little to bulldoze.
On the plus side counties are scrambling to decouple their economies from the US and hopefully it’s just the trickle before the flood, so when the US economy tanks from the AI bubble pop it’ll have less effect on the rest of the world.