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Re:AI needs so much power that old coal plants are sticking ... by whatshisface on Monday February 12, 2024 @08:55PM (#39353379)
Datacenters upgrade their computers when the price of electricity outweighs the price of buying more efficient devices. Ergo, used datacenter hardware is separated from economic reuse by the price of electricity. That is what you would build the solar energy dumps out of.
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