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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 26 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It cost about US$36B to run fibre optic cable to almost every house in Australia.

WTF kind of AI project costs twice that?! They'll have to claw back around $250 per US citizen to break even.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 13 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Have you seen DRAM prices? That's like 5 sticks.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The datacenters are absolutely paying less than that. If not directly, then through kickbacks from the supplier. The inflated price only applies to us.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 12 points 13 hours ago

The datacenters are absolutely paying less than that. If not directly, then through kickbacks from the supplier. The inflated price only applies to us.

The datacenters are paying less than $16 Billion per stick of DRAM? You sure?