These “makeshift” structures are housing hardware that costs millions of dollars in total.
“Putting AI servers inside tents, officially called “rapid deployment structures,” is one of the more unique approaches to the AI build-out, Thomas said. They’re certainly not as sturdy as physical buildings made from steel and concrete, with one commenter comparing it to the “classic $10k racing bike with a $9 lock” situation.”
So, I hear there’s a bunch of unused office space due to work-from-home, is it really lacking that much power?
Yes… and the ability to deal with super densely packed rack weight.
Like seriously, they can’t use existing empty data center space because the floors aren’t built to deal with ones that tightly packed of equipment.
That office space is in cities that won’t let them steal all the water and power and then dump pollution into the water supply.