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Half of planned US data center builds have been delayed or canceled, growth limited by shortages of power infrastructure and parts from China — the AI build-out flips the breakers (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 hour ago

These data centers are NOT being used for research. Universities and research companies generally have their own computer clusters for that.

These are being designed and built for LLMs and LLMs only.

Plus, the US has already lost. We've cut off our allies, destroyed our trade partnerships, made the economy unsustainable, and also caused the very brain drain you mention here. We're cooked for decades at the least.