from misk@sopuli.xyz to technology@beehaw.org on 26 Mar 2025 15:35
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Microsoft Corp. has walked away from new data center projects in the US and Europe that had been set to consume 2 gigawatts of electricity, according to TD Cowen analysts, who attributed the pullback to an oversupply of the clusters of computers that power artificial intelligence.
The analysts, who rattled investors with a February note highlighting leases Microsoft had abandoned in the US, said the latest move also reflected the company’s choice to forgo some new business from ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which it has backed with some $13 billion. Microsoft and the startup earlier this year said they had altered their multiyear agreement, letting OpenAI use cloud-computing services from other companies, provided Microsoft didn’t want the business itself.
Microsoft’s retrenchment in the last six months included lease cancellations and deferrals, the TD Cowen analysts said in their latest research note, dated Wednesday. Alphabet Inc.’s Google had stepped in to grab some leases Microsoft abandoned in Europe, the analysts wrote, while Meta Platforms Inc. had scooped up some of the freed capacity in Europe.
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Shocking that AI isn’t all profitable like they promised each other
The small problem of it not actually being intelligent and thus not being rationally reliable. Gonna fix it on the next release for sure. ;)
If it was I’m sure they’d love it, but it’s been proven that it can never be 100% reliable, so… How can we actually use it?
Like replacing it in call centers sounds great, would be better than the current menus that are made, except you can convince it to do whatever you want.
We don’t.
I was being sarcastic.