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Re:Pioneer of Central Washington cryptocurrency boom falls o... by pugworthy on Friday October 19, 2018 @02:02PM (#18258639)
Curious what application you'd see said provider use the infrastructure for.
Re:Pioneer of Central Washington cryptocurrency boom falls o... by sp332 on Friday October 19, 2018 @02:30PM (#18258858)
Since GigaWatt doesn't seem to have working pods deployed yet, it's a bunch of buildings with really good power delivery and (I assume) pretty good internet access. You could move in any kind of computing applications. A competitor in the article mentioned renting time to AI researchers.
Re:Pioneer of Central Washington cryptocurrency boom falls o... by duskwuff on Friday October 19, 2018 @02:48PM (#18259000)
Network requirements for Bitcoin mining are minimal. And the primary cost factor for AI research will be the computer hardware, not the physical facilities.
Re:Pioneer of Central Washington cryptocurrency boom falls o... by BMFX on Friday October 19, 2018 @05:57PM (#18260378)
Wenatchee does actually have a really solid network infrastructure. Shockingly...
Re:Pioneer of Central Washington cryptocurrency boom falls o... by mtnGoat on Friday October 19, 2018 @10:22PM (#18261368)
Im not sure all the power was ever delivered to the site. The other side of the airport has a very large new data center going in at break neck speed though.