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Data centers turn to commercial aircraft jet engines as AI power crunch bites (tomshardware.com)
4 points by pabs3 18 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


Well, that's not great. Gast turbine engines are notoriously inefficient compared to other electric power generation options (1). You use gas turbines when you need a lot of power, but limited volume (jets, warships). A server farm is not that.

1. https://www.nuclear-power.com/nuclear-engineering/thermodyna...


Discussion (32 points, 4 days ago, 38 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45706534





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