Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers • Hacker News Board

newfocogi wrote: post #8

> "OpenAI will continue to increase its consumption of Azure as OpenAI continues its work with Microsoft" Not sure why, but the word choice of "consumption" feels like a reverse Freudian slip to me.

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Post by non- » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 10:39 PM UTC

Any clues to how they plan to invest $500 billion dollars? What infrastructure are they planning that will cost that much?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 10:40 PM UTC

interweb_tube wrote: post #12

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Post by gamegoblin » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 10:40 PM UTC

newfocogi wrote: post #8

> "OpenAI will continue to increase its consumption of Azure as OpenAI continues its work with Microsoft" Not sure why, but the word choice of "consumption" feels like a reverse Freudian slip to me.

Industry standard word, e.g. "consumption pricing" etc

But yeah if you're in the industry it's easy to forget how certain jargon sounds based on its dictionary definition

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 10:40 PM UTC

angoragoats wrote: post #7

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Post by barbazoo » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 10:40 PM UTC

> This project will [...] support the re-industrialization of the United States

How?