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A LLM company wants to install a mini data center in your backyard (web.archive.org)

submitted 4 days ago by alapakala@quokk.au to c/Technology@programming.dev

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San Francisco-based startup SPAN will launch a network of liquid-cooled compute nodes in residential areas. In turn, residents will be offered discounted rates for electricity and internet.

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[–] dan@upvote.au 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Gamers Nexus made a great video about this. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoYeJwN7Rkw

It's such a crazy idea. They're doing this because data center power capacity can't come online quick enough, data centers need permits, etc.

Residential power grids aren't designed to handle every house continuously pulling so much electricity.

Even if you don't consider power... They want to put over $250,000 worth of equipment in a box in people's front yards. 16 x RTX 6000 Pro GPUs, 4 AMD EPYC processors, 3TB of RAM, a 15kWh battery, and a 3 ton heat pump and liquid cooling powerful enough to keep all of that cool. I wonder how many will go "missing" 👀

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago

I’m sure this will only invite the government and utilities to crack down on this kind of thing. Before long you’ll need a special permit just to have a GPU.

[–] violentfart@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So, placing a lot of computer equipment in a minimally-secured location? Forget Flock cameras, this is actually valuable scavenging.

[–] dan@upvote.au 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Right?? $250,000 worth of equipment just sitting in a box in people's front yards. Crazy.

[–] mimavox@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

The junkies are going to upgrade from copper cables.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's like someone saw a botnet as a valid alternative to a data center.

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

Are they wrong?

(I mean literally, not morally)

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

Tricking you into subsidizing their power use via bullshit backdoor utility deals wasn't working, so now they're trying to have you pay the power bill directly?