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Re: by pinkgolem on Saturday February 10, 2024 @02:50AM (#39324402)
>I mean, how come even large consumers of electricity do not buy and own their own infrastructure to generate it?

They sure do? BASF has 3 power plants in Hamburg, Disney operate Reedy Creek Energy with at least 1 power plant and I could list a fair bit more...

>For example, how long does it take to rent another rack that you didnt plan for?

I mean, you can also rent hardware a lot cheaper then on AWS. There certainly are providers where you can rent out a rack for a month within minutes

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Re: by sseagull on Saturday February 10, 2024 @08:57AM (#39326146)
Some universities also have their own power plants. It’s also becoming more common to at least supplement power on campus with solar arrays.
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