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There Are Signs of Serious Trouble in the Data Center Industry: "People aren’t just dropping their shorts for data centers anymore." (futurism.com)
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[–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Its not a monolith, older models are still useful because they're less intensive and so more efficient for certain tasks. Those older models will likely still run fine on outdated hardware.

A lot of people imagine hardware that has been outdated as immediate e-waste. It sounds stupid because it would be stupid.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    A lot of people saw what happened (And is happening) with Crypto mining. How long before dedicated ASICs for models start popping up? Those ASICs are retired generally after ~6 months now, and end up costing more than the mining would generate.

    So, tons of ewaste, just from crypto companies.

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