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i think this shows Amazon filling a need Microsoft couldn't. They probably tried, but decided to use Amazon cloud services after reviewing infrastructure needs.
by mocha_nate 11mo ago
i think this shows Amazon filling a need Microsoft couldn't. They probably tried, but decided to use Amazon cloud services after reviewing infrastructure needs.
- Handy-Man 11mo agoMSFT is power constrained.[0] [0] https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-ceo-says-the-company-doesnt-have-enough-electricity-to-install-all-the-ai-gpus-in-its-inventory-you-may-actually-have-a-bunch-of-chips-sitting-in-inventory-that-i-cant-plug-in https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intell...
- mike_d 11mo agoEveryone is. The grids always had a problem supplying enough power to even modestly sized commercial datacenters. This is what kicked off the trend of companies building their own datacenters in obscure cities that used to house large steel mills or other power hungry businesses. I remember when everyone was racing to produce "datacenter in a shipping container" solutions. I just laughed because apparently nobody actually bothered to check if you could actually plug it in anywhere.
- bespokedevelopr 11mo agoAmazon still does this. The customers aren’t saas companies in the bay though. It’s militaries, and they’re sent to FOBs.