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Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

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Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

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Post by johnbarron »

sriram_malhar wrote: post #16

Oracle and OpenAI centers getting hit, oil shortages forcing the world the move away from fossil fuels ... my cynical ass feels hope.

AWS flex used to be they did not tell you where the data centers are physically located, and availability zones are actually at least 50 to 100 miles apart, unlike Google and Azure where multi-AZ its just two firewalls in the same building... Good times. Now your cloud provider selection matrix looks like:

- Number of THAAD batteries within intercept range

- Active defense agreements with NATO member states

- Licensed Ukrainian anti-drone EW systems per facility

- Iron Dome coverage overlap percentage

AWS Shield is going to mean a Patriot battery included...We went from cloud is just someone else's computer to cloud is just someone else's military base...

Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

#32

Post by vixen99 »

sriram_malhar wrote: post #16

Oracle and OpenAI centers getting hit, oil shortages forcing the world the move away from fossil fuels ... my cynical ass feels hope.

Perhaps you're giving thee cheers for Britain 'While the US ramps up oil production to unprecedented levels, the UK is refusing to tap into its vast reserves' Nice if you're not poor.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/22/americas-energy-...

Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

#33

Post by johnbarron »

HWR_14 wrote: post #3
maxbond wrote: post #2

I don't know much about geopolitics so tell me if I'm off base but it seems to me if they're making threats it's because the facility is not a high enough priority to actually strike? If they wanted to and had enough ordinance to overwhelm whatever defenses, then they just would right? But they can't/won't so they're hoping to gain advantage without actually spending ordinance? Regardless, it is grimly interesting to…

There is no reason to just strike it. The point is it is a threat and they want to raise the cost of continuing to bomb them. If they can strike and destroy $1 trillion worth of things it would be very dumb to do that right away. Then they will have used up all their valuable targets and they will have less leverage going forward. Instead they would want to destroy $50 billion a day until they get what they want.

>> There is no reason to just strike it.

If AI is being used to target them, the first thing to hit in a war should be the AI data centers. Iran is fighting the first war with Skynet.

Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

#34

Post by johnbarron »

vixen99 wrote: post #32
sriram_malhar wrote: post #16

Oracle and OpenAI centers getting hit, oil shortages forcing the world the move away from fossil fuels ... my cynical ass feels hope.

Perhaps you're giving thee cheers for Britain 'While the US ramps up oil production to unprecedented levels, the UK is refusing to tap into its vast reserves' Nice if you're not poor. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/22/americas-energy-...

Germany closing Nuclear energy generation enters the room ...

Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

#36

Post by Jerrrrrrrry »

johnbarron wrote: post #34
vixen99 wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps you're giving thee cheers for Britain 'While the US ramps up oil production to unprecedented levels, the UK is refusing to tap into its vast reserves' Nice if you're not poor. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/22/americas-energy-...

Germany closing Nuclear energy generation enters the room ...

Then Germany, for no reason at all...

Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

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Post by jacquesm »

johnbarron wrote: post #31
sriram_malhar wrote: post #16

Oracle and OpenAI centers getting hit, oil shortages forcing the world the move away from fossil fuels ... my cynical ass feels hope.

AWS flex used to be they did not tell you where the data centers are physically located, and availability zones are actually at least 50 to 100 miles apart, unlike Google and Azure where multi-AZ its just two firewalls in the same building... Good times. Now your cloud provider selection matrix looks like: - Number of THAAD batteries within intercept range - Active defense agreements with NATO member states - License…

Underground data centers are looking better by the day. Deep underground. I can see some uses for abandoned mines.

Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

#38

Post by [deleted] »

johnbarron wrote: post #33
HWR_14 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no reason to just strike it. The point is it is a threat and they want to raise the cost of continuing to bomb them. If they can strike and destroy $1 trillion worth of things it would be very dumb to do that right away. Then they will have used up all their valuable targets and they will have less leverage going forward. Instead they would want to destroy $50 billion a day until they get what they want.

>> There is no reason to just strike it. If AI is being used to target them, the first thing to hit in a war should be the AI data centers. Iran is fighting the first war with Skynet.

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Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

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Post by Starman_Jones »

jacquesm wrote: post #37
johnbarron wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AWS flex used to be they did not tell you where the data centers are physically located, and availability zones are actually at least 50 to 100 miles apart, unlike Google and Azure where multi-AZ its just two firewalls in the same building... Good times. Now your cloud provider selection matrix looks like: - Number of THAAD batteries within intercept range - Active defense agreements with NATO member states - License…

Underground data centers are looking better by the day. Deep underground. I can see some uses for abandoned mines.

Orbital data centers looking like even worse of an idea. Mighty exposed up there.

Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

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Post by tekla »

audunw wrote: post #28
fakedang wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fertilizer shortages worldwide resulting in massive famines all over the developing world, energy shortages that are affecting critical utilities supplies in the developing world... Sounds good, amirite?

The upshot is it could accelerate the development of smaller local fertiliser factories running on solar power. There’s a few that have been built and demonstrated. If we start to build them in large numbers hopefully the costs will become reasonable. That’s for nitrogen. Sulphur is another matter. I suppose in the long term we should just adapt food production to what can actually be sourced sustainably and locally.

Amazing, and people wonder why there is this immense backlash to environmentalists.

"Tons of people will die, but thats fine if it achieves my political/environmental goals"

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