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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by ranguna on Sunday February 08, 2026 @05:33AM (#46933084)
500,000,000*80=40,000,000,000 40,000,000,000/650,000,000,000=0.06

If I understood you correctly and my math is correct, your suggestions only cover 6% of 650 billion, the news is suggesting AI companies need more than 10x more. So either it's 5 billion people paying 60-80, or 500 million people paying 600-800/month, or something in between + a little extra.

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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by WarmWash on Sunday February 08, 2026 @07:59AM (#46933835)
The payback period would be 5-10 years at those prices($60-$80/mo), which is pretty normal.
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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by richrichardsson on Sunday February 08, 2026 @06:30AM (#46933362)
Isn't the 650 billion required per year, so the monthly cost is automatically 12x
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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by ranguna on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @04:30AM (#46972817)
You're right!

But we're still short on 26%

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