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Re:AWS acquires Talen's 960MW nuclear data center campus in ... by deelowe on Monday March 04, 2024 @10:14PM (#39599059)
DC power demand is anything but constant. This is getting worse with ML clusters. There's an entire cottage industry focused on optimizing power utilization. There are huge incentives for DC operators who can guarantee consistent high power utilization.
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Re:AWS acquires Talen's 960MW nuclear data center campus in ... by zrm on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @04:52AM (#39601330)
> This is getting worse with ML clusters.

Is it? What causes there to be unused capacity when there is currently so much demand for training?

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Re:AWS acquires Talen's 960MW nuclear data center campus in ... by deelowe on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @03:45PM (#39608957)
Training workloads are highly variable and mostly consistent across the cluster (all systems ramp up and down at the same time).
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