Data centers at it again

Have you ever been inside a cloud DC? There are far fewer people there than you think. Easy to see <12 on a day to day basis... Even back in Gen3 days.
Have you ever thought people work remotely to manage a data centers, or do you think they run like a switchboard back before mobile phones eliminated those jobs?
 
We did a job next to a Google data center in Pryor OK. There were never more than 10 or 15 cars in the parking lot. You can't even find the parking lot on maps.

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Sure looks like a lot more than 15 cars parked in those lots. :confused:
 
I believed what the people who wanted the project to go through advertised.

And did I believe them over the guy who’s working in older facilities… Yes.

Then, did I go and check AI just to verify that I wasn’t totally off base… You got me again.

But whatever… You’re right.
Thousand employees. They all need 1000 employees. It doesn’t matter the size the facility. Gotta have 1000 bodies. On site. Three shifts. Hundred percent. You got me.
Where did I claim a 1000 employees per DC?
Nevermind, you have a grasp on all of this with your county and AI :beer:
 
Where did I claim a 1000 employees per DC?
Nevermind, you have a grasp on all of this with your county and AI :beer:
Dude...

I said you were right :confused::confused:

I let you be right.

What else do you want?

You want me to say t again???

EVEYONE.... LOOK... Mr250twostroke is right!!!


:shaking:mother ****er..... damn..... :shaking:
 
While you guys are busy arguing over how many jobs these places bring, you are completely ignoring the obvious facts on why data centers are hot all of the sudden. It has nothing to do with making our lives easier and all about gathering and storing all the data from flock cameras, cell phones ect so the government can keep track of you much better than they can now. There is no other thing on the planet that would require that much computing power. Really think about it.....


"Person of Intrest" ring a bell?
 
We did a job next to a Google data center in Pryor OK. There were never more than 10 or 15 cars in the parking lot. You can't even find the parking lot on maps.

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:lmao:

Unless you type in "Pryor, OK", zoom in, and look for the "Parking" sign.
Every building has a reasonable amount of parking for an industrial facility. Remember, this isn't a Target.

Clearly, a dozen employees.

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Bitcoin mining facility, outside of an industrial park that houses one of the MSPs I’m evaluating, and another data center.
 
Previously, software development, data engineering, using fully cloud (data center) hosted services.

Currently, head of IT for a global electrical transformer (every new data center needs at least one) company.
This actually sounds really cool. sounds similar to what i imagine another guy from here did when he worked at a data center not to be named.
 
Looks like a geothermal power plant with walls. Those cooling towers probably don't use water.
Possibly. I don’t know anything else about them. Those 6 buildings have 2 full-time staff for swapping dead GPUs.

The large building used to be a Southwestern Bell building. Now it’s a bunch of random contractors, a data center, law offices, accounting firms, and an MSP, plus a decent food court.
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Possibly. I don’t know anything else about them. Those 6 buildings have 2 full-time staff for swapping dead GPUs.

The large building used to be a Southwestern Bell building. Now it’s a bunch of random contractors, a data center, law offices, accounting firms, and an MSP, plus a decent food court.
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Possibly. I don’t know anything else about them. Those 6 buildings have 2 full-time staff for swapping dead GPUs.

The large building used to be a Southwestern Bell building. Now it’s a bunch of random contractors, a data center, law offices, accounting firms, and an MSP, plus a decent food court.
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It takes more janitorial staff to keep the **** rings off the toilets than 2 GPU swapping staff. I've also never stepped foot in a DC that didn't have FT security, never. And if you think dead GPU's are all that need attention? Well, nope.
 
Possibly. I don’t know anything else about them. Those 6 buildings have 2 full-time staff for swapping dead GPUs.
Switch data center. Nice.
Their place out near Reno is less populated with cars. More in line with the 'they only employe a dozen people on site' statement.

If only people were upset about hazards involved with making some paper. I'm sure they were but people seem to like using paper. Air, water and land pollution be damn. **** the environment cops.
 
Fun little read on water consumption of these large AI data centers.

There is no standard for water accounting? Since when? Water meters exist. Water has been measured by acre feet WAY the **** before data centers.


Imagine if you will, a world in which the powers of refrigeration and glycol can be used to keep things cool. The amount of water used would be reduced significantly and grocery stores could exist without concerns of water consumption to keep your bologna and Hungry Man dinners safe from bacterial growth.

Now imagine a world where waste water not fit for human consumption is utilized as if it still contained powers useful to man kind even containing highly concentrated forms of human dedication.

This is the type of **** going around the internet.
 
While you guys are busy arguing over how many jobs these places bring, you are completely ignoring the obvious facts on why data centers are hot all of the sudden. It has nothing to do with making our lives easier and all about gathering and storing all the data from flock cameras, cell phones ect so the government can keep track of you much better than they can now. There is no other thing on the planet that would require that much computing power. Really think about it.....


"Person of Intrest" ring a bell?
Yes. I'm aware when I started using a smart phone 15 years ago my information was being collected. Before then the schools sent my report cards, my passport picture and driver license picture were stored in a database, any time I'd been fingerprinted it was filed somewhere and the records going digital didn't change anything. It's been going on since the 1960, and Boomers are streamlining the process as we speak.
 
Yes. I'm aware when I started using a smart phone 15 years ago my information was being collected. Before then the schools sent my report cards, my passport picture and driver license picture were stored in a database, any time I'd been fingerprinted it was filed somewhere and the records going digital didn't change anything. It's been going on since the 1960, and Boomers are streamlining the process as we speak.
moron.

Most boomers have problems resetting the clock on their VCRs, so how do you think they are the ones moving this forward.

Look in the mirror dumbass. It is your generation that is pushing this forward.... Look at the age of the CEOs for the AI companies... Not sure any of them are boomers.

But hey, if it makes you feel better to blame me, go for it. By the time your concern gets to NC I will give it all the consideration it is due.
 
There is no standard for water accounting? Since when? Water meters exist. Water has been measured by acre feet WAY the **** before data centers.


Imagine if you will, a world in which the powers of refrigeration and glycol can be used to keep things cool. The amount of water used would be reduced significantly and grocery stores could exist without concerns of water consumption to keep your bologna and Hungry Man dinners safe from bacterial growth.

Now imagine a world where waste water not fit for human consumption is utilized as if it still contained powers useful to man kind even containing highly concentrated forms of human dedication.

This is the type of **** going around the internet.
Did you read the same article I did? IT is literally talking about how in reality these centers do not use the amount of water people are assuming. Even talks of being able to go net zero on water consumption. I know the 450MW Hyper AI Center up here is claiming to only have a 10gpm water connection.
 
Did you read the same article I did? IT is literally talking about how in reality these centers do not use the amount of water people are assuming. Even talks of being able to go net zero on water consumption. I know the 450MW Hyper AI Center up here is claiming to only have a 10gpm water connection.

A 10gpm connection gets you 86,400 gallons in 24hrs. In a month thats 2,592,000 gallons.....
 
Large infusion during construction, but very few full time positions once complete... 10 people or so... Hell, I bet a Starbucks would provide 10 jobs.

(Now granted, there are some bigger facilities that will employ 30 or 40 people, but you aren't employing 100 people in any I have read about).

Edit: what ApeEater said
So, overall, a net benefit :flipoff2:
 
Interesting history on that Pryor, OK facility (only because I was there a couple months ago) - It's actually a former Gatorade factory.

 
Interesting history on that Pryor, OK facility (only because I was there a couple months ago) - It's actually a former Gatorade factory.

that business park has a bunch of state/local incentivized businesses in it. Not just data centers.


It takes more janitorial staff to keep the **** rings off the toilets than 2 GPU swapping staff. I've also never stepped foot in a DC that didn't have FT security, never. And if you think dead GPU's are all that need attention? Well, nope.
There are no people to need toilets to be cleaned in those pods.

The big building houses 2 dozen businesses, and a small data center.
 
Interesting history on that Pryor, OK facility (only because I was there a couple months ago) - It's actually a former Gatorade factory.

so instead of computers and machines filling bottles it's just computers and not many people lost their job when Gatorade left town?
Edit: the power they bought is from Amarillo, and they can't even use it. It's just being added to the grid. Nice. It's about the same as gold mines in Nevada buying MASSIVE generators just to supply the grid with their consumption. Not many gave a **** about gold mine power consumption because they're producing gold apparently. Also jobs and money. Makes sense.

71PA_Highboy I could be wrong, but I don't think the millennials are running the corporations funding these data centers. Rob Roy, the CEO of Switch (the company someone couldn't find a parking lot for in Oklahoma) was 'almost 40' in 2009. He isn't a millennial. He is 'almost 56' which puts him firmly in the Gen X category. Sorry for thinking it was an old guy expanding on his 401(k). I guess the boomers are just buying the rental properties. I'll make sure to mail you all the ****s I have today.
 
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