BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 19 days agoPlanned 10-gigawatt Softbank data center in Ohio might be the largest in the world — will require a $33 billion natural gas plant, equivalent to nine nuclear reactorswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1104arrow-down1external-linkPlanned 10-gigawatt Softbank data center in Ohio might be the largest in the world — will require a $33 billion natural gas plant, equivalent to nine nuclear reactorswww.tomshardware.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square9linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDogiedog64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·19 days agoWhy are we treating this insanity as if it’ll ever actually get built? Softball doesn’t currently have $5B it can commit to a monster like that, let alone $500B. This is pure hypemongering.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·19 days agoBecause investor confidence is all that matters.
Why are we treating this insanity as if it’ll ever actually get built? Softball doesn’t currently have $5B it can commit to a monster like that, let alone $500B. This is pure hypemongering.
Because investor confidence is all that matters.