Comment by andersmurphy
4 days ago
GPU bitcoin mining rigs had a high failure rate too. It was quite common to run at 80% power to keep them going longer. That's before taking into account that the more recent generations of GPUs seems to be a lot more fragile in general.
Mining rigs also used more milk cartons than datacenter racks; [hot/cold] aisles? No, piles! Not to mention the often questionable power delivery...
AI data centers are also incentivised to reduce costs as far as they can. They could absolutely be running them in questionable setups
Indeed, fair point. I'd hope the larger players would be better... but I know better