BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 10 days agoPlanned 10-gigawatt Softbank data center in Ohio might be the largest in the world — will require a $33 billion natural gas plant, equivalent to nine nuclear reactorswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-linkPlanned 10-gigawatt Softbank data center in Ohio might be the largest in the world — will require a $33 billion natural gas plant, equivalent to nine nuclear reactorswww.tomshardware.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDogiedog64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·10 days agoWhy are we treating this insanity as if it’ll ever actually get built? Softball doesn’t currently have $5B it can commit to a monster like that, let alone $500B. This is pure hypemongering.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 days agoBecause investor confidence is all that matters.
Why are we treating this insanity as if it’ll ever actually get built? Softball doesn’t currently have $5B it can commit to a monster like that, let alone $500B. This is pure hypemongering.
Because investor confidence is all that matters.