I regret building this $3000 Pi AI cluster

Re:I regret building this $3000 Pi AI cluster by throwaway894345 on Friday September 19, 2025 @02:51PM (#45305083)

> Depends. At full load? At Irish power prices? Just the Pi, no peripherals, no NVMe? 5 units? €13/mo.

Pretty sure most of us aren't running anywhere close to full load 24/7, but whoa, Irish power is expensive. In the central US I pay $0.14/KWh.

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Re:I regret building this $3000 Pi AI cluster by theodric on Friday September 19, 2025 @10:28PM (#45309663)

Yeah, it's brutal. Was €0.39 right after Mad Vlad kicked off his vanity conflict.

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Re:I regret building this $3000 Pi AI cluster by throwaway894345 on Monday September 22, 2025 @06:57PM (#45340655)

That’s rough. What’s your progress on renewables? Wind has made electricity really cheap in my state and I would think Ireland would be pretty windy (esp offshore)?

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Re:I regret building this $3000 Pi AI cluster by theodric on Sunday October 05, 2025 @02:30PM (#45483949)

Ireland has had hydro for a century[1], and wind and tidal are productive here. There are wind farms EVERYWHERE around where I live (mountains, Cork/Limerick border). There are solar farms, as well, but sun is not our strong suit. Trouble for individuals is that small, affordable wind turbines are basically useless, and most people don't have hundreds of thousands of Euros plus planning permission to erect megawatt-scale units, so solar is pretty much it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_hydroelectric_scheme

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Re:I regret building this $3000 Pi AI cluster by fragmede on Saturday September 20, 2025 @11:57AM (#45314426)

cries in west coast peak $0.71/KWh rate

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