Microsoft and Google overstate job creation at Chile data centers

Re:Microsoft and Google overstate job creation at Chile data... by yanslookup on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @07:21PM (#45829880)

Having worked in a hyper scaler on a system to orchestrate hw breakfix, it requires a lot of hands. We replaced thousands of hard drives alone per day... And racks are constantly coming and going. Hyperscaler DCs are busy places.

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Re:Microsoft and Google overstate job creation at Chile data... by zipy124 on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @08:35PM (#45830409)

Busy places but not compared to similar businesses of their capital value I imagine.

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Re:Microsoft and Google overstate job creation at Chile data... by gruez on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @09:23PM (#45830683)

>but not compared to similar businesses of their capital value

So? it's not like if hyperscalers weren't building datacenters, the billions that would otherwise be spent on GPUs would be spent on 10 car factories or whatever. The only reason the billions was being invested in the first place was because there's a craze for AI datacenters

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Re:Microsoft and Google overstate job creation at Chile data... by throwaway2037 on Thursday November 06, 2025 @06:39PM (#45841915)

This is good first hand information. If you had a guess, how much did these people make per hour? Someone who (1) locates a physical server (amoungst thousands) and (2) replaces a hard drive has roughly the same skillset as someone stocking supermarket shelves in 2025. I guess then make max 20 USD per hour.

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