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Re:The AI bubble is popping; we just don't know it yet by lluisantoni on Monday August 03, 2026 @08:42AM (#49154997)
Also, something else to add. At first I thought no one wants to build data centers in hotter areas in the middle of deserts (many places in the American continent). So nobody would spend money building a data center in the Chihuahuan Desert for instance. However, a game of latencies will either require cover llm access from these areas, or make people move closer to the other data centers. In the former, llm prices will go up; in the latter, there will be a migration towards data centers that increase the price of the areas around.
Re:The AI bubble is popping; we just don't know it yet by KeplerBoy on Monday August 03, 2026 @08:44AM (#49155025)
Who cares about a few ms more latency on an LLM API? Maybe for voice, but most other use-cases are quite latency insensitive.
Re:The AI bubble is popping; we just don't know it yet by goalieca on Monday August 03, 2026 @09:27AM (#49155545)
Yeah, the customer support use case is already grinding me even worse than offshoring to India.
Re:The AI bubble is popping; we just don't know it yet by mythrwy on Monday August 03, 2026 @08:52AM (#49155119)
They are building data centers in the Chihuahuan Desert right now. Meta has a huge one planned right outside El Paso.