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>with many communities resisting the massive data centers needed to power artificial intelligence, a California startup is betting that homeowners will embrace miniature versions right in their backyards. The startup, Span, calls the concept "distributed data centers" and has partnered with AI chipmaker Nvidia to test the units in a handful of communities under construction by major homebuilder PulteGroup and additional homebuilder partners.

Archive: https://archive.today/993lW From the post: >>with many communities resisting the massive data centers needed to power artificial intelligence, a California startup is betting that homeowners will embrace miniature versions right in their backyards. The startup, Span, calls the concept "distributed data centers" and has partnered with AI chipmaker Nvidia to test the units in a handful of communities under construction by major homebuilder PulteGroup and additional homebuilder partners.
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Clever. People are learning that a few data centers in their region can double their power bills. The massive data centers are now big, obvious targets to prevent this. Having individual home owners hiding small units in their back yards will eat just as much power while spreading out and hiding the cause.

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And they'll use even more power because decentralization is less efficient.