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Re:Nvidia Allegedly Engineered Scarcity by Funding AI Startu... by unglaublich on Saturday November 14, 2026 @02:35AM (#50494902)
There's plenty. Electricity (and energy) is absurdly cheap in the modern world. 1GJ is roughly 10$. An H100 running 24/7 takes 20GJ/year, so that's 200$, which is orders of magnitude less than its retail price.

If energy wasn't cheap, you wouldn't see people driving large vanity SUVs around in the least economic way possible.

Re:Nvidia Allegedly Engineered Scarcity by Funding AI Startu... by briansm on Saturday November 14, 2026 @02:52AM (#50494979)
Something something something pride before a fall something.
Re:Nvidia Allegedly Engineered Scarcity by Funding AI Startu... by wooger on Saturday November 14, 2026 @03:59AM (#50495331)
It’s very much not true in all geographies.

It also requires major infrastructure to deliver that energy, which takes money and time to build, as do the datacenters.

Re:Nvidia Allegedly Engineered Scarcity by Funding AI Startu... by trombuance on Saturday November 14, 2026 @08:08AM (#50496738)
"If cake weren't cheap, me and the other aristocrats wouldn't eat it daily"

Around 0.05-0.15% of the world population own such large SUVs.

Re:Nvidia Allegedly Engineered Scarcity by Funding AI Startu... by rmah on Saturday November 14, 2026 @11:33AM (#50498337)
Just FYI, there are around 360 mil SUV's on the road today around the world. Let's say 1/3 are "large", 120 mil. So, out of population of 8.3 bil, that's 1.4% or apx 3% of households. :-)
Re:Nvidia Allegedly Engineered Scarcity by Funding AI Startu... by fodkodrasz on Saturday November 14, 2026 @04:28PM (#50501038)
You mean there are places and times when electricity is cheap and available, and it if would last 24/365, then it would take 200$ to run such a card. The thing is: it is not available 24/356 in that quantity at that price.