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Hugin

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17. I'm still sketchy about exactly who is going to be leasing time in these data centers...

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2026, 03:10 PM

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For the most part the owners of the data centers aren’t anticipated as the end user. The business model is that their capacity is leased by… Um, someone.

Besides the government which is being hollowed out by the Turd Reich I can think of only a few corporate entities which would need the power of a data center and they probably already have their own.

Is this a case of build it and nobody comes?

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Yippers... you're correct. slightlv 19 hrs ago #21

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I just did a quick scan of the map, but it seems obvious slightlv Tuesday #10

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I passed her in a hallway once BaronChocula Tuesday #13

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