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Meta putting up tents across the US to house AI servers, like ‘a scene out of the movie Mad Max’ — structures take three months to build and use jet engines for power (www.tomshardware.com)
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These "makeshift" structures are housing hardware that costs millions of dollars in total.

"Putting AI servers inside tents, officially called “rapid deployment structures,” is one of the more unique approaches to the AI build-out, Thomas said. They’re certainly not as sturdy as physical buildings made from steel and concrete, with one commenter comparing it to the “classic $10k racing bike with a $9 lock” situation."

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[–] 192 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Millions and Millions $$$ in hardware, all in light structures, in rural areas without much police presence you say?

Interesting.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Rocket artillery is surprisingly easy to make at home, if you have enough potassium nitrate and PVC pipe

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    I have wondered about that. What kind of range can you get DIY? I guess if you did fire something they could try to do physics to figure out where it came from, but you'd hopefully be long gone by then.

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