“ChinAI #249: China’s idle AI computing centers” by Jeffrey Ding

Greetings from a world where… making jambalaya with shrimp shells was the move …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Feature Translation: The dilemma of high idling rates in China's computing center rush Context: Accompanying the explosion of interest around large models in China this past year, there has also been a surge in the construction of intelligent computing centers (more than 30 Chinese cities are currently building or planning to build such centers). Yet, an AItechtalk [AI科技评论] report identifies a major but neglected issue with this rush: computing centers remaining idle or even shutting down due to irresponsible investments and insufficient demand. We’re starting 2024 off with a banger. Let's get [...] --- First published: January 8th, 2024 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-249-chinas-idle-ai-computing --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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