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Re:OpenAI and Nvidia Announce Partnership to Deploy 10GW of ... by jazzyjackson on Monday September 22, 2025 @01:46PM (#45336941)
Power generation is not a monolithic enterprise. If more supply is built than needed, certain suppliers will go bankrupt.
Re:OpenAI and Nvidia Announce Partnership to Deploy 10GW of ... by ogaj on Monday September 22, 2025 @02:03PM (#45337196)
They may, but that doesn’t mean that the capacity disappears. It may require some assumptions about USG willingness to backstop an acquisition but it’s not a significant leap to think that the generation capacity remains in (more capable?) hands.
Re:OpenAI and Nvidia Announce Partnership to Deploy 10GW of ... by mcny on Monday September 22, 2025 @02:37PM (#45337638)
Speaking of capacity, what happened to all the "dark fiber" that was supposedly built for Internet 2 or whatever? The fiber doesn't go away just because a bubble burst, right?
Re:OpenAI and Nvidia Announce Partnership to Deploy 10GW of ... by HPsquared on Monday September 22, 2025 @03:06PM (#45338004)
Railways are similar, many were built by investors who lost all their investment but the railway is still there.
Re:OpenAI and Nvidia Announce Partnership to Deploy 10GW of ... by lucianbr on Monday September 22, 2025 @02:01PM (#45337182)
What are the chances suppliers will go bankrupt but the plants get sold and still produce power?