Multiple unformated links...

Have a good one I guess, this clearly isn't working

https://fortune.com/2025/11/10/nvidia-hometown-santa-clara-california-data-centers-empty-power-grid/

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-11-10/data-centers-in-nvidias-hometown-stand-empty-awaiting-power

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/massive-california-data-centers-sit-empty-for-years-to-come/ar-AA1QWvnb

edit: separated the links

There are data centres to be with nothing inside, unable to process anything. Can’t remember exactly but I did read of a few centres in the US that can’t start up

Kind of hard to understand what you're saying...

It's possible you mean something different, but what you typed is illogical.

They don't have anything to process, so they're going to hijack millons of cellphones and laptops for more processing power?

What are you even trying to say here?

You think because theyve spent all this money and resources on infrastructure…

Access to infrastructure you don't pay for or maintain is pure profit

That they want more infrastructure to the point they’d hijack people’s phones and computers to processore data?

Sure there are a lot of data centres, but they want/need more and our devices cost them nothing to compute on

How does that solve the problem of them having too much infrastructure and nothing to calculate?

There are data centres to be with nothing inside, unable to process anything. Can't remember exactly but I did read of a few centres in the US that can't start up

there are cryptominers doing that.

What if due to the expense of the centres, lack of enough centres, and the lack of hardware for said centres they are using our devices as a distributed network?

So...

You think because theyve spent all this money and resources on infrastructure...

That they want more infrastructure to the point they'd hijack people's phones and computers to processore data?

How does that solve the problem of them having too much infrastructure and nothing to calculate?

It would literally be the opposite...

I was looking at options, one brand listed Thunderbolt 3.0 but others just listed alt-mode.

Prices weren't too bad for monitors (if the specs make sense for your setup), but I went with an older monitor (HDMI 1.4, even though the monitor itself isn't that old) because it was a lower price for larger size (+better contrast ratio, known brand) considering I didn't upgrade my GPU anyway.

EDIT: Rushed a bit, I'm seeing now could've made a (very similar) better choice for the same price, but can't change order now...

That article is 2021. Relarively Unavailable has changed

Nowhere in my comment did I say it didn't exist. Also, from your link:

Cons: Expensive and relatively unavailable

Are you using apple devices primarily?

Good cables lock in nicely and are too stiff too bend at the connector. You can also get 90 degree ones if sticking out is a concern.

Like the USB-C cable I have for display or high data transfer, is so thick/stiff it is hard to fold up. And the head around it is solid footprint so it resists pulling by putting force against the case it is in.

Left is heavy duty for display or high data transfer, right is phone charger cord

Mum’s work has the abomination of vga to usb-c for display.

Also DP doesn’t have licensing fees.

Yes, I know. But I'm always scared of accidentally bending them out ripping them out. There should be some way to fasten the plug to the socket.

There is a lot of "could" and "eventually" in this, actually.

We have display already using USB-C cable with thunderbolt 4 protocol.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/394346/should-you-buy-a-thunderbolt-display-pros-cons-and-what-to-buy.html

Pretty much already has for me.

We already have display over this connector, the protocol is thunderbolt 4 over a USB-C form factor. You can buy computers and monitors with this already.

Preach it. Not to mention issues with wake from sleep when connected to thunderbolt docks. Very inconsistent.

Why come up with a new connector and not address the problem directly with a separate anchoring solution where needed? So far, solutions seem to go more rigid, but perhaps one that's more flexible and even automatically ejected when too much pressure is applied may be better for the cable and the connector. And if it isn't staying in, chances are you should probably be finding anchor points or alleviating tension for you longass/shortass cable.

They'll have to come up with a better connector, though. USB-C is just way too flimsy.

Yeah, power (power monitor via PC or power minpc via monitor) plus fast wake-up (HDMI CEC/DP alt mode?), passthrough capability etc looks cool if you can get both sides of the hardware (plus the cable) to support it.

Fantastech II sale is today, prices will determine if I see any of this or keep using a 1050Ti and cheap old HDTV. EDIT: Not looking great for my chances so far...

USB-C is just the form factor. As somebody mentioned already Thunderbolt 4 is what you mean, and it is here already.

Ah you're right👍
and thanks for the link!🤗

God fucking damnit. I'm an electrician, I'm not supposed to do IT, but they call me for IT because computers are electricity. My number 1 call is USB-C dock related, usually a destroyed cable because it's been folded over 10k times or the port on the laptop because it has been plugged and unplugged 5x the MTF.

I feel your pain, we only have a dozen docks.

USB-C is just the form factor. As somebody mentioned already Thunderbolt 4 is what you mean, and it is here already.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/394346/should-you-buy-a-thunderbolt-display-pros-cons-and-what-to-buy.html

Was looking for this :)

Hopefully some magical fix for compatibility too

Even if it’s just spec printed on the cable (and maybe RFIDs we can scan with our phones to identify cables, while devices with screens can pop up warnings for any spec mismatches so we know they’ll charge slowly or w/e)