Comment by silveraxe93

2 days ago

2025 US defense budget is $849.8 billion[1].

Had a look and:

>In total, OpenAI aims to invest approximately $1.4 trillion in computing infrastructure – encompassing Google Cloud, Nvidia chips, and data center expansions.

Huh yeah fair. That's more than the yearly defense budget. Absurd. Though I'm sure it's not _yearly_

- [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...

The sovereign wealth funds and billionaires need something to do with all their available cash. It's no fun just watching the number increase anymore, that got boring quite a while ago.

  • That is such an insane bet though! How many trillions can they have itching in their pockets