Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX

Re:Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with Sp... by Karrot_Kream on Thursday May 07, 2026 @04:36AM (#48046946)

Texas is actually absorbing a lot of the US's new generation capacity (though the grid there remains dirty)

It's fraught to make a DC for a single purpose because it reduces the value of the DC. A DC that serves multiple purposes can handle other workloads. Moreover even if inference is slow, latency does still matter, and it costs quite a bit to light up net capacity (you still have to run fiber to an interconnect and depending on how far you are, this can get expensive fast.)

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Re:Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with Sp... by 0cf8612b2e1e on Thursday May 07, 2026 @01:57PM (#48052580)

I guess, but the amount of money getting thrown around is just stupid. Having to spend a few million to light up some more fiber is a drop in the bucket.

Supposedly some of the behind the meter gas turbines that have been getting installed are rated for a ten year service life. The DCs are burning them out in 10 months from rapid cycling. If they are willing to treat $10-100 million generators as disposable, cost seems irrelevant.

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