Re:Big AI sets out its terms for regulatory capture
by toasty228 on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:08AM
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They'll build five data centers by the time that 1m wide pot hole on your local highway ramp gets a (half assed) fix.
Re:Big AI sets out its terms for regulatory capture
by bpodgursky on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:20AM
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They will build data centers but not have the chips to put in them until 2028. I don't know why you're arguing about things I'm not saying.
Re:Big AI sets out its terms for regulatory capture
by lightedman on Monday September 14, 2026 @10:42AM
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"Like I said, it will delay the Chinese labs for a couple years."
Not even that long. China can simply order its industries to stop supplying externally and go full-domestic. It has happened before in others parts of Chinese industry; it will happen again. As it stands China can easily build computational nodes at scale, and their LineShine supercomputer holds top place in the Supercomputer Top 500 at almost 2.2 exaflops. They have zero issues building performant hardware.
Couple of years? Their current technology level can make that less than a month.
Like I said, it will delay the Chinese labs for a couple years. These are not even top-line chips.
Frankly, China was not going to allow them to depend on NVIDIA forever, I don't think this motivates domestic production that much over the counterfactual. If NVIDIA didn't have export controls, China was going to set up formal import controls. They want to own their entire supply chain.