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When building a data center why wouldn't you secure the required electricity and water before committing to a site?
The power companies demanded guarantees, so they wouldn't be on the hook for investing in infrastructure and power generation if the whole hype disappeared the next month. Tech bros then went "how can we do it quick and dirty when we can't get others to pay for it?"
Typically.
This is Musk's AI project though, he's not going to wait to secure power or permits or environmental impact studies or anything like that...
Did Jenson deliver the G100s? Grab some generators and get pumping.
Why would capitalists give a fuck about any constraint? We've conditioned them for a century to believe they can do anything they want with impunity.