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Long lead times and soft costs, fueled by the world-leading US wages for "white collar" work, are the root cause of poor performance in low-volume production because there are few units to spread the soft costs over.
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Efforts to improve efficiency and remove vestigial features pay off handsomely.
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Some efforts, like nuclear-powered data centers, are reminiscent of Toyota's hydrogen push.
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The 100-megawatt facility might have ten 10-megawatt blocks served directly by a 1500V DC feeder line without connections to other blocks that would require extra switches and routing.
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The cooling systems in most data centers are energy hogs and contribute no direct value.
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Deleting the UPSs could knock off ~$750/kW after considering equipment, installation, and square footage reduction.
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Installed generators cost ~$800/kW, and the data center capital cost, including servers, is ~$40,000/kW, so adding 1% more makeup compute capacity is money ahead of purchasing generators.
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The optimal scenario is typically when the generators supply 1% of yearly electricity (shown below).
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A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.Their words
The solar array sizes under these assumptions are prohibitively large.
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Air cooling has run out of headroom for AI racks, so liquid cooling is now a requirement rather than an upgrade.Their words
AI servers bring new challenges because many require liquid cooling.
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